Topic: SME Server Statistics

[Twiggabe]

Hey all,

  I have a very general question.  My SME Server is used as a file and printer server only.  The server is a 500 mhz Celeron with 256 megs of RAM.

  I set up four users on the system and everything appears to work quite well.  SME admin 7 is set up on the system and my resources are never maxed out.  CPU resources barely ever go above 20% utilized.

  My question is basically is there any reason as to why I should get a better PC to act as my SME Server?  Everything really seems to work well with my exisiting equipment, but another person I talked to said they would never use such an underwhelming system for a server.


-Abe

[Tib]

Twiggabe

Here at work we run 3 x PIII 733Mhz computers ... one is a file/printer server one proccessor with 512 meg ram - 45 users ... 2nd is a mail/web server (SME Server) 2 proccessors with 2 gig of ram - 25 users and the last one runs a few programs on it also a twin proccessor with 1 gig of ram.

As far as I'm concerned you don't have to have a grunty machine to do serving unless it is an Application server.

Just to server a few files and printers you could even run on an old 486 ... you don't need power for that.

Not to bag out the person ... but if you look at the history of file servers there always lower specked CPU's then your general desktop PC. The only servers that are grunty are the application type servers etc.

Your system is more than enough to run as a file/printer server.

Regards,

Tib

[CharlieBrady]

As far as I'm concerned you don't have to have a grunty machine to do serving unless it is an Application server.

I'd agree with that. If it's doing the job for you it's doing the job for you. Spend your extra $$ to make sure that you have a good backup, and to support contribs.org