You can try Linux!.....don't use X-Windows and you can have:

Mail Server
Web Server
Proxy Server
FTP

etc...

Regards,

Sergio Nemirovsky
Sec Consultant

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 9:42 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Setting up a server


| A customer has an old IBM 330-P75 machine, running W98, which has a P75,
| 80ram and I think the HDD is about 2Gb. The modem is external.
|
| He's considering a new PC and has asked me if his old machine would
function
| as a server for his business.
|
| He runs a HomeHosting business in this tourist area where we both live.
| The organisation consists of a dozen or so private residences, whose
owners
| entertain visitors in their own homes.
|
| Each of these host residences has access to customer info and booking data
| which is currently on an out of town server, but it's planned to set one
up
| locally.
|
| The amount of data concerned is negligible, as far as I know.  It consists
| mainly of names and numbers etc, but the total number of visitors is quite
| small. I wouldn't be surprised if a daily backup would fit onto one or two
| floppies.
|
| I'd appreciate it if someone is able to comment on this - my knowledge of
| servers, and the requirements thereof, is negligible.
|
| TIA
|
| Ian Porter
| Computer Guys Inc.
| Arrowtown
| New Zealand
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