Nope, no special hardware needed. The main reason for me not wanting it on my file server (even though it is way more than capable) was to offload "downtime" from that server to this one. My file server is constantly changing. I run a Teamspeak server for a friend on our server and I have to let him know everytime that I need to work on my server; MY SERVER. That bothers me. SO, as said below, this was a cheap fix; it allows them to keep using a server and it allows me to work on my own projects while learning about webservers. I also wanted to go linux for the webserver, and that is difficult with an already purchased copy of Windwos 2003; don't want it to just sit there.
if you need help with gentoo, PM me. Gentoo is like my right hand... only reason I'm not using it on my server is I didn't care to do the leg work the other day. once my desktop is up and running fully, I'll probably switch the server over to the...
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