Disease Posted March 18, 2014 Posted March 18, 2014 Seeing as all new versions of windows server are 64 bit only I am wondering what things/projects I can do with my old servers, I have 5 DL140's with around 1gb ram in each and a 1TB NAS. I also have 33 ASUS EEE BOX atom PC's. So I am lookng at suggestions for projects these could be used for, Open Question I know but I am interested.
fairm010 Posted March 18, 2014 Posted March 18, 2014 I'm about to turn our oldest (9 years!) server into a Minecraft server for afterschool club. 1
6Foot2 Posted March 18, 2014 Posted March 18, 2014 We have given some of our old servers to our Music Department. They plan to set up a mini network to store student work away from our main network. I see this as a primer project: Once they have shown that it is workable and that it can be managed properly and has benefits for both Music and the larger network then a more formal permanent arrangement can be set up. 1
3s-gtech Posted March 18, 2014 Posted March 18, 2014 Game servers FTP/web servers for student websites (to learn how to produce a working site) Linux hosts for programming, playing with the terminal/SSH etc Archiving boxes Heaters Boat anchors Donate to primaries that don't have DCs 2
cpjitservices Posted March 18, 2014 Posted March 18, 2014 Make A server into a thin client server, and boot the rest of the machines you have spare from that server and create a thin client environment 1
3s-gtech Posted March 18, 2014 Posted March 18, 2014 On an ancient 32 bit server?! Yeah, that'll work!
cpjitservices Posted March 18, 2014 Posted March 18, 2014 Actually yes it does, and quite good performance too.. I have a thin client server running on a Dell 2600 server with 3GB ram and twin XEON cpu's runs great!! I'm actually quite surprised! On an ancient 32 bit server?! Yeah, that'll work!
featured_spectre Posted March 18, 2014 Posted March 18, 2014 I also have 33 ASUS EEE BOX atom PC's. I'd be interested in these...where in the world are you?
LeMarchand Posted March 18, 2014 Posted March 18, 2014 You could use the Asus machines to drive informational displays. 2
Disease Posted March 18, 2014 Author Posted March 18, 2014 I'd be interested in these...where in the world are you? Portsmouth, Hants.
LeMarchand Posted March 18, 2014 Posted March 18, 2014 Portsmouth, Hants. If you're throwing the Asuses (Asi?) out and nephilim's too far I could find a good home for a few of them...
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