Re: OT: New PC! Sorta...
AgentZero said:
The server won't be streaming any audio/video or anything crazy like that, it's just going to be for storing files. When we want stuff, we just copy it to our computer and run it from there.
The network load will depend upon file sizes and these can get pretty large for por..uh..video. If usage is likely to be frequent, then wireless bandwidth (54Mb/s will translate to 5MB/s at best - say 2-300KB/s per person if everyone is accessing at the same time, allowing for contention) may need some attention.
Streaming audio/video would likely be less demanding of bandwidth than file transfers and users are less likely to complain about waiting.
Also do include a backup solution in your budget (a couple of extra HDs with a cron script running dd on a daily or weekly basis would be simplest).
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