This post is in respose to a query by one of our fellow bloggers BlackBird
To most of us the term "Servers" elicits pictures of "Tall,Dark physically intimidatin Machines, numerous connections, cold rooms, high Racks and horn rimmed techies who cannot construct a single sentence without the word Configure followed by a string of acronyms :) ".......Ok maybe I over exaggerate but am sure u get my drift...yes?
That image aside.....it helps to see a server as nothing but a conduit for information(Requests and Outputs).
bearing this in mind following simple guidlines can point u in the right direction:
1. What will your server be used for?: This is a very fundamental question. There are many kinds of servers out there each boasting various configurations. Keep in mind that these configs are for optimising the box to perform certain tasks. It would be otherwise "not very clever" to but a high end, multi core symmetric processing beast just to type letters :)..(again I over exaggerate)
2. What will you be serving: "Stuffed Turkey? or a black tea? ok this analogy may not sit well but I am trying to put across is that you should also consider the types of applications that you are going to run on your server......ever wondered why every piece of software comes with a minimum requirements list?........yes snoop around the ReadMe(s)....before you burn or cheapskate yourself into a useless setup.
3.The machine you use for a server doesn't have to be the friendliest machine available. As wonderful as graphical interfaces are, they don't make a lot of difference to the data flowing through the box. You can always use a prickly but efficient operating system for your server and do most of your work on the client anyway. If you take this really seriously, you may not even need a monitor for your server - you can often control the server from the client.
4. Read the following: Choosing a server for your Business
Finally and most commonly done: Ignore all of the above, go out there and get yourself a "Really Mean SOB!!!" :)
Additional links you could check out:
IBM Servers
Sun Servers
HP Servers
Keep us posted on what you eventaully settle for Cheers!!!
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