Re: Server

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yep ... thanks ... keep it simple, in other words !

Chris



JT @ Home wrote:

> What do you need a server for? More to the point, why do you think you
> need
> one?
>
>
>
> Because if you must have an exchange server, or you must have x y z,
then
> yeah, it's a good idea, but if you need central web access, what about
> just
> having a decent router? - everyone gets access to the www no problems
> (unless you config it otherwise) filestore? Why not add a NAS box -
> some of
> them come with print servers too, so that's that side of things
covered.
>
>
>
> Jonathan
>
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> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Chris Hunter
> Sent: 09 April 2006 10:03
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Server
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> I guess it would be easy to add others, too .. web-server, for example
> ... then again, I wonder it the nature of servers is changing ... ie:
> tasks are being shared on a network, duplication is being reduced,
with
> each machine doing its bit, according to its speciality ... etc etc.
>
> So, how about RAID ... will we all need / have RAID (0, 1, 10,
whatever)
> before long ?
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> Andy Laurence wrote:
>
> > Chris Hunter <mailto:cjhunter@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Aha ... I was beginning to suspect that might be the case
...
> > > when we get set-up, 'looks like we might have four 'Macs
plus one PC
> > > for Idratek (24/7) and one for Geovision (24/7) plus printer
&
> > > broadband & disc-player & various screens ...
> >
> > Surely, you only need a server if there's a service you wish to
provide?
> > This could be a file repository, a mail server, a web server, an
HA
> > service, or whatever.  Personally, I have one server which
provides
> > mail/web/file services, and there's only me it serves.  When I
move (in
> > about 2 weeks), I'll be scaling up to two physical servers, which
will
> > provide all the above and my HA/media services.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Andy
>
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