| A server Box Question [message #15901] |
Sun, 20 April 2003 21:29   |
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K9Trooper
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You'd probably need about 800 mHz to run 12 players. 128 MB of RAM. You do need a video card, but get the very lowest-end one you can find. You might even be able to find someone who has one they're not using.
2 gig will be fine for a hard drive.
You wouldn't need a sound card.
If you set up SSH or regular Telnet on your Linux box, you can connect to it from your main computer using Putty and control it, eliminating the need for an extra keyboard and monitor.
For more help, visit the Linux forum.
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To run a dedicated server box, there is NO need for a video card. My server no longer has one. I use a remote control program called Proxy 4.0 you connect to it through another computer with Proxy 4.0 Master installed. I access 7 computers from around the country. 3 of them are running game servers. 1 BF 1942 and 2 Renegade Servers, ontop of my own. This is what it looks like. I am in this old shot connected to my game server, my wife's computer and my friends comp in Florida (CyBrg2112 Sniper Server).
http://www.n00bstories.com/image.view.php?id=1066853240&gallery=1186
So don't spend money on a video card and a monitor for a box that is going to be strictly used as a server, for anything i.e. game server, web serving and FTP. Most business' don't even have a video card or a montior running off their main servers. They Proxy in to them.
R.I.P. TreyD. You will be missed, but not forgotten.
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