r/servers • u/Long_Cancel_1856 • 3d ago

Question Newbie question

Recently received a server as a gift. Tons of ddr3 ram and sandy brook era dual xeon cpus(older I understand) I’m getting a cheap amazon rack for it but need ideas on what to do with it plex and video storage seem obvious but what else can you do with a server ???

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u/Horsemeatburger 3d ago edited 3d ago

Not sure what to say, you didn't even mention what server that is (make/mode, config?) and as there is more than one type that could be anything.

Also, what do you need/want to do with it? Which is the whole point of running it.

You could hardly give us any less information here.

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u/Long_Cancel_1856 3d ago

Additionally info added I’m a newb newb

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u/Horsemeatburger 3d ago

You didn't really add much information (we still don't know what server it is and what config, or what you want to do with it).

It's still the equivalent to saying "I have a car, it's broken. Tell me what's wrong with it."

Being a newbie is fine, but the least you can do is to provide all information you have. Reading a model description from a computer housing isn't rocket science. There will be information printed on the system.

There will also be information displayed on screen when the server is booted.

You now mentioned it's running Windows Server 2019, there is Windows System Information plus tons of other free tools which provide hardware details you could post. And so on.

Also, as I said, the most important part is what you want to do with. It's pretty irrelevant if someone told you that this server would make a great gaming server host if you have no interest in doing that.

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u/Long_Cancel_1856 3d ago

I know nothing it’s really long

Running windows server 2019

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u/Savings_Art5944 2d ago

Load Proxmox on it and then look up the Helper Scripts and all the premade containers and VM's for it.

Jellyfin

Plex

HomeAssistant

pihole

adguard

Immach

Nextcloud

and more!

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u/speaksoftly_bigstick Always Watching oO 2d ago

Install windows xp on it and then immediately connect it to the internet.

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u/Practical_Ride_8344 3d ago

Look up Dockers