Old Server?

[XDfuzion]

Hello, 

 

I was at a thrift store yesterday and i picked up a rack server from 2005 

its a low power, low Resource Machine 

The Original Specs were

 

CPU: VIA Samuel II 600 mhz   

GPU on board VGA Controller (12MB allocated) 

RAM: 128 MB Kingston DDR 

PSU: 200Ws 

HDD: 40GB WD Cavier (Had Debian on it) 

MB: VIA EPIA-NL

I have added 

 

1GB stick of PC3200 Ram (Maxes out at 1GB) 

200GB Seagate Barracuda 72000 RPM

54MBit Speed Netgear pci wireless Card  

and allocated 64MB of ram to the GPU 

My Question is there any documentation on it? Bantam closed in April of 2010. 

The Machine Was owned by waypoint in Las Vegas NV 

Also What Would be the best OS for file server?

Thank you! 

[JeffreyEagan]

I cringe at the specs. But that is some pretty dank hardware.

[Atmos]

Ah i see your old school Stanley screwdriver there. Good man, stick with the american classic!

 

And, what do you plan to do with the server eh? The best os would probably be the lightest you can get your hands some. Some distros of linux might do, and perhaps something windows xp. But it will be hard to find hardware support, that's a really... really old cpu.

[cragger89]

I hope you didn't pay more than a dollar for that.

[JeffreyEagan]

I'd go with DSL "Damn Small Linux" for something of THAT nature.

[Deathstroke]

Find as much RAM as you can and a cheap raid card, throw in old drives, build a little FREENAS system for fun.

[XDfuzion]

I hope you didn't pay more than a dollar for that.

I payed 5 i had no idea what the specs were when i bought it.

[XDfuzion]

Find as much RAM as you can and a cheap raid card, throw in old drives, build a little FREENAS system for fun.

i thinks only supports 2GB max 

[XDfuzion]

Ah i see your old school Stanley screwdriver there. Good man, stick with the american classic!

 

And, what do you plan to do with the server eh? The best os would probably be the lightest you can get your hands some. Some distros of linux might do, and perhaps something windows xp. But it will be hard to find hardware support, that's a really... really old cpu.

I think i'm going to install debian on it and use it as a file server. 

[iHardware Shelden]

I have a bunch of those little power supplies, build like tanks, anyways FreeNAS should work for ya

[Guest]

Tiny Core

Damn Small Linux

[linuxfan66]

Hello,

I was at a thrift store yesterday and i picked up a rack server from 2005

its a low power, low Resource Machine

The Original Specs were

CPU: VIA Samuel II 600 mhz

GPU on board VGA Controller (12MB allocated)

RAM: 128 MB Kingston DDR

PSU: 200Ws

HDD: 40GB WD Cavier (Had Debian on it)

MB: VIA EPIA-NL

I have added

1GB stick of PC3200 Ram

200GB Seagate Barracuda 72000 RPM

54MBit Speed Netgear pci wireless Card

and allocated 64MB of ram to the GPU

My Question is there any documentation on it? Bantam closed in April of 2010.

The Machine Was owned by waypoint in Las Vegas NV

Also What Would be the best OS for file server?

Thank you!

Can you boost it to 2gb. Because I would highly recommend it...

[XDfuzion]

Can you boost it to 2gb. Because I would highly recommend it...

 

I really don't think the processor could really even utilize it.

[linuxfan66]

I really don't think the processor could really even utilize it.

It's server it would be used like cache

[Dabombinable]

I cringe at the specs. But that is some pretty dank hardware.

TBH, its actually got far better performance per watt than any Intel or AMD CPU from the same period, mainly because VIA actually had very strict power targets that they always met, thus dominating when it came to performance per watt consistently.

[burnttoastnice]

I really don't think the processor could really even utilize it.

It's server it would be used like cache

 

What he said ^

Servers use extra RAM as cache for frequently accessed content, as well as temporary storage for files to be written to disk. You'll want the most you can install in that machine.

[XDfuzion]

What he said ^

Servers use extra RAM as cache for frequently accessed content, as well as temporary storage for files to be written to disk. You'll want the most you can install in that machine.

It maxes out at 1GB. 

[Dabombinable]

It maxes out at 1GB. 

I had similar thoughts with SDRAM (512MB per stick limit), but as it happens I managed to find 4x legitimate 1GB ECC SDRAM sticks, so 4GB of SDRAM in my ULR. I'll see what I can find for DDR (hopefully non ECC).

[Dabombinable]

It maxes out at 1GB. 

http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&Capacity%2520per%2520Module=2GB&LH_BIN=1&_sop=16&_nkw=DDR%20PC3200&LH_PrefLoc=2&_dcat=170083&Type=DDR1%2520SDRAM&rt=nc&_trksid=p2045573.m1684

[XDfuzion]

http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&Capacity%2520per%2520Module=2GB&LH_BIN=1&_sop=16&_nkw=DDR%20PC3200&LH_PrefLoc=2&_dcat=170083&Type=DDR1%2520SDRAM&rt=nc&_trksid=p2045573.m1684

I already added a 1GB stick and it only has one dimm slot 

[XDfuzion]

UPDATE: removed wireless card (didn't seem to like it) and i cant get an OS to detect a HDD whatsoever. 

[Dabombinable]

I already added a 1GB stick and it only has one dimm slot 

Those are 2GB DDR sticks.

[XDfuzion]

Those are 2GB DDR sticks.

The manual said it only supports 1GB

[linuxfan66]

The manual said it only supports 1GB

If you can get 2gb stick dirt cheap I would be tempted to try it...

[XDfuzion]

Turns out the 200gb is dead