Server Speeds

How fast should it be?

[iJeep]

I am getting ready to move to an area that has serveral DSL and other higher speed options than the cable I am on now.

My thought is that I will host some of the smaller (non revenue producing) web sites to on-site hosting to save some cash. I have a 460ish mHz, 48mb RAM, 6gb HD, etc computer running linux right now and works great as a test server before I put my ecommerce site modifications out to public. Would this type of computer be adequate to host a few web sites off of? If not what about snagging a 2gHz eMachine. I know they are cheap (quality), but for $400-$500 I don't see a down side. Technology changes so fast that a high quality computer doesn't seem worth it if the use is non-vital. I keep my micron notebook for everything important, but would like the desktop for others to use and to host with.

[bigM_sh]

IMO it is too weak to host websites to the world wide web especially because of the RAM!

But it would surely be a nice Router and Firewall.

A new machine should have lots of RAM and nice(fast) HDs if you want to use it as a Webserver.

bigM