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Originally Posted by prvrt  1. Can I do both on one server?
2. What kinda OS would I need?
3. If I run something like Windows Server 2003, can you still run other programs on this OS like F@H? IE7?
4. I know how the internet gets into the server (CAT5 cable to RJ45 LAN Port), but how do you get the internet out of the server? 2nd LAN Port? |
1. Yes
2. Windows or Linux (or BSD, or OS X if you really felt like it)
3. I don't know anything about Windows Server
4. Just hook the server into your router with the rest of the computers. From there you can forward the port for web access while still allowing your other networked computers to access it.
You could just use XP and VNC into it to run F@H and junk. Apache would work as the web server, or there's probably some other crappier ones for Windows. SMB file sharing would function as normal.
Or use Linux. Ubuntu Server would work. SSH in to run F@H and do maintenance. Here you would use Apache as well. SMB shares shouldn't be too difficult to set up, either. I've never screwed with RAID in Linux, though, so I'm not sure how this would work out. Could be great or really painful, I have no idea.