I've hosted a server before off of an old desktop PC, but I just bought an 1850 PowerEdge. I have a website that I'd like to host from home, just to get into PHP, mySQL and just general website coding but WAMP is really broken on my PC. I'm planning to hook the 1850 up full time and run linux off of it. I just have a few questions first hand...
- I have looked online at videos of setups and stuff and keep seeing Servers with Ethernet Boxes above them, what are they for?
- If I purchase 2 or more servers what will I be able to do with them?
- How old is the Dell PowerEdge 1850?
- Are these good specs for running a website? 2x 2.8GHz CPU's, 2GB RAM, 2x 72GB HDD
Thanks for the help.