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I have a old Lenovo YOGA laptop that I would like to repurpose to a Data/Game server. My end goal is to have a server to store data on and host Minecraft servers on, and spend as Little money as possible. Does Laptop = Server or not? (Also, I am just getting into server stuff, and for this have acquired another router to use with my server :P)

 

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Yes, you can use a laptop as a server. Generally I don't think it's the best idea, but if you have the computer spare why not?

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Just now, Astral77 said:

The Specs are as follows: Core i7-7500U 7.8 gb of availablevalible RAM and intel HD Graphics 620

More than enough to be a file server.

 

 

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Just now, Astral77 said:

The Specs are as follows: Core i7-7500U 7.8 gb of availablevalible RAM and intel HD Graphics 620

you can do it

how many users will nas have?

hom many users will mincraft server have?

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A server is typically optimized to run 24/7 and often has support for things a regular desktop doesn't need, like ECC memory, SAS/SCSI controllers, RAID, remote management/interface etc. 

 

You don't need ECC for hosting a game server, as it's not critical, you won't care if the game server crashes once every 3-4 months or something like that. 

 

Only issue you would have with a laptop is that if it has a mechanical drive, those laptop mechanical drives are not meant to run 24/7, and with a game server the drive will probably be accessed all the time. So the drive may die sooner than normal ... but an upgrade to a 120-256 GB SSD would make a lot of sense. 

 

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4 minutes ago, mariushm said:

A server is typically optimized to run 24/7 and often has support for things a regular desktop doesn't need, like ECC memory, SAS/SCSI controllers, RAID etc. 

 

You don't need ECC for hosting a game server, as it's not critical, you won't care if the game server crashes once every 3-4 months or something like that. 

 

Only issue you would have with a laptop is that if it has a mechanical drive, those laptop mechanical drives are not meant to run 24/7, and with a game server the drive will probably be accessed all the time. So the drive may die sooner than normal ... but an upgrade to a 120-256 GB SSD would make a lot of sense. 

 

I have a 239 gb ssd equiped :P

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The only real difference between a PC and a server is the job you give it to do. Any PC can be a server, you just have to make it serve something.

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2 hours ago, Astral77 said:

I have a old Lenovo YOGA laptop that I would like to repurpose to a Data/Game server. My end goal is to have a server to store data on and host Minecraft servers on, and spend as Little money as possible. Does Laptop = Server or not? (Also, I am just getting into server stuff, and for this have acquired another router to use with my server :P)

 

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A computer and a server is basicly the same thing. A PC = Personal Computer. A server is just a system that serves content. Such as files for a file server.

The problem with using a laptop as a server will however be heat, the laptop is not build for this purpose and it will kill it quite faster.

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1 hour ago, AbsoluteFool said:

A computer and a server is basicly the same thing. A PC = Personal Computer. A server is just a system that serves content. Such as files for a file server.

The problem with using a laptop as a server will however be heat, the laptop is not build for this purpose and it will kill it quite faster.

Hmm. Intresting. I will eventualy buy a actual desktop then at some point

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