what is the minimum power and size i need?

[researcher]

Me and my friend are starting up an online business and we have 3 computers in total between us. The first one is my one which is the best it is a 1.6 Ghz 1 Gb Ram 80gb Hard disk which i am currently use to write into these forums. This is my programming computer. But out of the other two is any of them fit to serve as a server computer. The other two are an: Hewlett Packard Vectra VE - 367MHz, 64mb Ram and a IBM Personal Computer 300GL - 133 MHz, 32 Mb ram. Is any of those two fit to be used as a server computer i can put up to 6.5 gb of hard disk space into any one of them. someone help me on this thanks we are new to the server and database tech side of things.

 

[researcher]

Me and my friend are starting up an online business and we have 3 computers in total between us. The first one is my one which is the best it is a 1.6 Ghz 1 Gb Ram 80gb Hard disk which i am currently use to write into these forums. This is my programming computer. But out of the other two is any of them fit to serve as a server computer. The other two are an: Hewlett Packard Vectra VE - 367MHz, 64mb Ram and a IBM Personal Computer 300GL - 133 MHz, 32 Mb ram. Is any of those two fit to be used as a server computer i can put up to 6.5 gb of hard disk space into any one of them. someone help me on this thanks we are new to the server and database tech side of things.

I can buy any size hard drive i need its just the 6.5 is what i already have.

 

[SirKenin]

It depends on the traffic you are going to expect, but any reasonable sized load will make either one of them choke.

 

[researcher]

so if i gather round about 3 grand what can i get that will get me started into the internet world.. what kinds of computer would u suggest??

 

[SirKenin]

A dual core processor, about 4 gigs of RAM, a SCSI RAID 5 array and a damn good connection ought to get you going. Use Linux as your O/S, because Windows makes a pretty poor and not very robust webserver.