Originally posted here by hexadecimal
im running 2 servers off this comp im on now...works just fine
slackware 10
vsftpd
apache

512 ddr2700
amd xp 2000
gforce 4 mx 440se w/ 64 ddr
1meg connection to network
I have a nice set up here. I'm happy with it:

the first computer I ever bought, I have running right now. I change OSs on it almost monthly though, mainly beween Slackware, SUSE and Windows 2000.

Right now that box has SUSE 8.1 Professional on it, because SUSE is awesome and still supports it. It's running Apache 2, which I personally like better than just Apache. It's a Pentium 3 733 MHz Processor, 384 RAM, Nvidia Riva TNT 2 16 MB Video card, 43 GB HD (No lie, every OS I use reports 43 GB, except Windows with Fat32, it says 42.9) Sound Blaster Live! card, and it's running as I said, Apache 2, SSH, and when I need some quick file transfers, I set up PureFTPd.

This box is a nice one that I'm typing from:

Intel Celeron 2.40 GHz Processor, 512 RAM, 80 GB HD, and an Nvidia GE Force FX 5200 128 MB card, and that has it's own fan, there is a fan on the Heat sink to obviously, and the Power is a 350 Watt Antec which runs at a cooler temp, and has two fans in it which speed themselves up if it gets too hot. One side sucks in air from the case, and the other blows it out. I also put in a Neon blue exhaust fan, which looks awesome. This box runs SUSE 9.1 Professional, 2.6 Kernel, doesn't have Apache though, just PureFTPd, and I use that for network back ups.

The box Next too me gets a new OS every 3 weeks or so, it's an AMD Athlon XP 2600 + with 512 RAM, 120 GB HD, which it too has an exhaust fan in addition to the others, and runs:

Windows XP Home, SUSE 9.1. Slackware 10, and sometimes SUSE 8.2 depending on my mood.

All 3 have 17 inch flat screens, all 3 have built in DVD Drives, all 3 have Cd-record drives for back ups, (The one with blue case fans burned Slackware 9.1 in 3 minutes) and I have an extenal neon Blue 100 BM Zip drive in case I need a fast back up of something smaller. All have floppy drives too.

My Laptop which I just got is a Dell Inspiron 5150, Pentium 4 3.06 GHz Mobile Processor, 512 MB RAM, DVD Drive, no floppy, 15 inches for viewing... Heh, dual booting XP Home and SUSE 8.2 Professional, with an Nvidia GE Force FX GO 5200 so I can play UT... I love it. I do have an FTP server set up on it, but it's only for when someone asks me to do a security test, because after owning a Web Server, the chance of them having the programs you want on it, is very slim, so I can just set up FTP on my Laptop, log into it from the Web Server, and that way I can get anything I might need from it.

Something very much to do with this post:

http://www.slackware.com

That page is running off a Pentium 3 600 MHz machine with 512 MBs RAM, and a T1, with Slackware 10.

This is the point I'm trying to make:

You don't need a server machine if a PC will do the job. The OS has a lot to do with it. And no I'm not trying to show off my hardware, because I have way more than I listed, heh