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Re: Windows 2000 Advice Needed



--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Gerard McGovern" <stuff@i...&g= t; wrote:
> > I am going to be installing Win 2000 on my home server and I
> > would like some advice will win 2000 cripple the machine. It
> > is a PPRO 2000 with 96 Meg of RAM. All I want it to do is
> > serve 1 DDAR with mp3 and to be used as a reverse proxy for
> > Tivo and as a pc when I need to run simple pc software.
> >
> > What do you all think?
>
> 96 MB of RAM is NOT enough. You'll have to restart your server at
least
> twice at week.

Not at all.  I used to run on 64MB RAM.  It was painfully slow, b= ut
was fine as a server.

> Considering 512MB of RAM is now around =A350, I think you'd be mad not to
> spend the extra money for peace, stability and speed.

RAM is slightly more difficult to get in sticks of that size for a
P200.  In fact, mine uses such extrodinary RAM (168 pin EDO), that I've never seen any for sale apart from silly prices.

Andy


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