We have a few servers,1 of them is pretty high spec, we want to use it as a game server and a potential hosting service?
Hello, Assistance is required!
a friend recently acquired a server unit from an office building that has gone bust, and we have been planning on hosting a service to either rent out or play on. The specs of the server are the following:
processor: Dual Intel Xeon e5620
10 gigabit ports
we also have 3 other 2005 servers with dual single core Hyperthreadded 3ghz Xeons and 6-8gb ram each, although we are probably going to use them as media servers as they wont be of any use as long as we have the powerful one! just as a side note, we do not have a cooling solution apart from a few desk fans although they will be running in a secure open room with access to the outside air, and probably wont be running 24/7 if we decide to keep the server private. It will be hosted on my home broadband of which has 100mbps download and 50mbps upload.
Starting from the basics, how would we go about setting up the server initially? , what are the essentials to install for this server?, and would we go down the route of creating virtual machines with dedicated cores for specific servers as we are planning on running more than one type on this machine.(minecraft, teamspeak, possible other game and web servers etc.)
Help would be much appreciated as we are new to this type of server management.
Oh, and as a side note, we plan to keep the costs at a minimum too, like installing Linux instead of windows etc!
Hello, Assistance is required!
a friend recently acquired a server unit from an office building that has gone bust, and we have been planning on hosting a service to either rent out or play on. The specs of the server are the following:
processor: Dual Intel Xeon e5620
- 12m cache
-2.4ghz Hyperthreadded
Ram: 24gb-2.4ghz Hyperthreadded
10 gigabit ports
we also have 3 other 2005 servers with dual single core Hyperthreadded 3ghz Xeons and 6-8gb ram each, although we are probably going to use them as media servers as they wont be of any use as long as we have the powerful one! just as a side note, we do not have a cooling solution apart from a few desk fans although they will be running in a secure open room with access to the outside air, and probably wont be running 24/7 if we decide to keep the server private. It will be hosted on my home broadband of which has 100mbps download and 50mbps upload.
Starting from the basics, how would we go about setting up the server initially? , what are the essentials to install for this server?, and would we go down the route of creating virtual machines with dedicated cores for specific servers as we are planning on running more than one type on this machine.(minecraft, teamspeak, possible other game and web servers etc.)
Help would be much appreciated as we are new to this type of server management.
Oh, and as a side note, we plan to keep the costs at a minimum too, like installing Linux instead of windows etc!
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