I've come into possession of a server but I have some questions

[NotBryson]

So recently my neighbor gave me what she said was an old computer but it turns out it was a server and I am gonna be real honest when I say I have almost no experience with servers or networking stuff so I'm not quite sure what I'm dealing with here but basically I would like to know - 

around how old it is

what its worth

whether its worth upgrading/what I can upgrade

and how to navigate it

here are some photos that I took as I was messing around with it: 

[AbydosOne]

2 minutes ago, NotBryson said:

here are some photos that I took

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[NotBryson]

6 minutes ago, AbydosOne said:

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now can you see them?

[RONOTHAN##]

22 minutes ago, NotBryson said:

now can you see them?

We can see them. It's a pretty old server, probably about 15 years old, from the Core 2 Duo days. You can probably upgrade the memory and use it as a NAS if you want, but it's iffy whether or not it's worth it. I personally wouldn't say it's worth it, but it's up to you. 

 

You can install any operating system you want on it like you would any other computer.

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[Qweste]

11 hours ago, RONOTHAN## said:

We can see them. It's a pretty old server, probably about 15 years old, from the Core 2 Duo days. You can probably upgrade the memory and use it as a NAS if you want, but it's iffy whether or not it's worth it. I personally wouldn't say it's worth it, but it's up to you. 

 

You can install any operating system you want on it like you would any other computer.

Its probably worth like 40 bucks if you find someone who even wants to buy it.

About the idea with the NAS you should not do it because such a Server needs a lot of power and a NAS normaly runs 24/7. I estimate the server uses at least 200 watt which leads to  0.2(kw)x24(h)x365(days)x0.3(cent per kwh)=525,6 dollas per year.

[NotBryson]

On 9/20/2021 at 12:13 PM, RONOTHAN## said:

We can see them. It's a pretty old server, probably about 15 years old, from the Core 2 Duo days. You can probably upgrade the memory and use it as a NAS if you want, but it's iffy whether or not it's worth it. I personally wouldn't say it's worth it, but it's up to you. 

 

You can install any operating system you want on it like you would any other computer.

 

On 9/20/2021 at 11:31 PM, Qweste said:

Its probably worth like 40 bucks if you find someone who even wants to buy it.

About the idea with the NAS you should not do it because such a Server needs a lot of power and a NAS normaly runs 24/7. I estimate the server uses at least 200 watt which leads to  0.2(kw)x24(h)x365(days)x0.3(cent per kwh)=525,6 dollas per year.

so its really not worth doing anything with it then? because I dont really need a nas quite honestly and since without upgrades its not really fast, should I part it out and sell the stuff online or is that not even worth the time it would take? It seems like I might just throw it in my attic or something at this point.

[RONOTHAN##]

10 minutes ago, NotBryson said:

 

so its really not worth doing anything with it then? because I dont really need a nas quite honestly and since without upgrades its not really fast, should I part it out and sell the stuff online or is that not even worth the time it would take? It seems like I might just throw it in my attic or something at this point.

It's not worth doing anything with 24/7, but it might be worth messing around with, learning how to use some server applications. You can install Linux on it and learn how to use that, or anything else. It would be good for that type of stuff, where you won't let it run 24/7, but will occasionally try stuff out on it.