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Re: Help with server planning

 
olliewe88
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Help with server

Hello,

I am completly new to severs so I don't know much.

Is it possible to have multiple things on a server such as a game server and a website?

Could I use windows 8 as an operating system or does it not work like that?

And how does the ip address work?

Thanks,

Ollie

 

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Dennis Handly
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Re: Help with server planning

>Is it possible to have multiple things on a server such as a game server and a website?

 

Yes, depending on how fast and powerful it is.  And the speed of storage and your network connection.

 

>Could I use windows 8 as an operating system or does it not work like that?

 

Servers typically use Linux or Windows Server versions.  Windows 8 is a unsupported PC OS.

 

>And how does the IP address work?

 

Same as with PCs.  Unless you plan to put lots of servers on your subnet.