Uses for a server?

Defiler

Defiler

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I have got a pretty decent server that I put together a little while ago as a file server and hosting games. I host lan parties once a month / every two months and feel that a lot of this processing power is going to waste. Anyone have any ideas on what else I can be using this server for?

Here are the specs:

System Information
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Time of this report: 11/14/2009, 14:03:29
Machine name: XEON
Operating System: Windows Server® 2008 Standard (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.090803-2339)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Intel
System Model: S5000VSA
BIOS: BIOS Date: 03/26/07 12:03:20 Ver: 08.00.10
Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5410 @ 2.33GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.3GHz
Memory: 8186MB RAM
Page File: 1251MB used, 20684MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
 
G0d damn what you doing with such a beast in your house as a server! . .uhm you could do folding@home on it to make use of that beast cpu.
 
holy bejeepers....

I thought I was insane with 2 HP ML110's in my house... that thing is a beast
 
ToxicBunny said:
holy bejeepers....

I thought I was insane with 2 HP ML110's in my house... that thing is a beast
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LOL been out done,


I didn't think you could host game on windows server

Maybe use it as a media centre?
 
I pretty much use it to run multiple dedicated game servers, dedicated file server and dc++ lan client, works great :)
 
Of course it does....

Most companies would KILL to own a server of that level....
 
Ja how did you get it? how much did it cost?
 
Well I got it piece by piece lol, I do pc repairs, networking, call outs, sales and that sort of thing and am registered with a few suppliers so things were a bit cheaper :D
 
I'd hate to see your actual computer if you only use that monster once a month!:D
 
Wow...all I can say :O! That's like pro business server. Overkill much? :P

I say Fold@home on it...might push electricity bill up a bit, but hey you're helping fight cancer :P
 
The Intel S5000VSA board is a dual processor board. So 8 CPUs is actually just 2 quad cores. :)

Awesome boards though. I've sold and set up a few before. Do you have it in the Intel chassis? If you do, you're going to do deaf! :D
 
Yeah its quite noisy lol, got everything all popped into a antec titan. Currently running some seti@home computations which is using all cores @ 100%, did install the folding@home client but I could only get it to use one core, so downloaded the multicore client that would use more than 1 core but total usage was about 15%, did notice a few advanced options for setting things up for multicore but did not play around too much.
 
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