VIA Server fast enough?
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 1:23 pm
Hey, right now I have 2x80GB Samsung P80's in my system but to cut down on heat and noise I have a 40GB 5400RPM Toshiba MK4019GAX with 16MB cache on the way.
I will have enough space on the 40GB for Windows and all my work but not for all my music! I would like to set up a quiet server with a VIA CPU 800-1.2GHz and a 100GB 4200RPM Fijitsu 2.5". All this system would be doing is working as a jukebox server and for the occasional back up of all my work. I have never set up any kind of server and I know the VIA CPUs are pretty slow as well as the HD. My question is will there be any glitches or slowdown when playing music from this server on my main system or will it stream fast enough to play my music flawlessly? The music files are ripped at high sample rates.
Also what will the system will be able to cope as an Internet server for 2 or 3 PCs at the same time witout interupting the music stream? How RAM should I put in the server? Trying to keep costs down to a minimum.
Thanks!
Jordan
I will have enough space on the 40GB for Windows and all my work but not for all my music! I would like to set up a quiet server with a VIA CPU 800-1.2GHz and a 100GB 4200RPM Fijitsu 2.5". All this system would be doing is working as a jukebox server and for the occasional back up of all my work. I have never set up any kind of server and I know the VIA CPUs are pretty slow as well as the HD. My question is will there be any glitches or slowdown when playing music from this server on my main system or will it stream fast enough to play my music flawlessly? The music files are ripped at high sample rates.
Also what will the system will be able to cope as an Internet server for 2 or 3 PCs at the same time witout interupting the music stream? How RAM should I put in the server? Trying to keep costs down to a minimum.
Thanks!
Jordan