Disks to use: Server from old computer

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I've many suggestions to use an old computer as a home network server (e.g.
Pentium or Pentium II) but don't those usually have significant limitations
hard disk size? Would a card-based controller be the only/best solution?
Most of these computers won't have recent BIOS upgrades available.

Thanks in advance.
Bill
 
I've many suggestions to use an old computer as a home
network server (e.g. Pentium or Pentium II) but don't
those usually have significant limitations hard disk size?
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Quite a few do, but not all of them. Quite a few have
other significant problems too, like being Socket 7
systems which can be a real cow ram wise too.
Would a card-based controller be the only/best solution?
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It certainly can be a convenient approach.
Not necessarily the best approach tho.

A decent brand name motherboard will usually have a later
flash available for the motherboard bios to get around the
problem at 32GB which can be a significant problem.

Not necessarily for the one at 128GB tho.
Most of these computers won't have
recent BIOS upgrades available.
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Yes, but they dont need to be recent for the
32GB problem, only for the 128GB problem.

There is a lot to be said for a decent barebones system
with a decent cheap motherboard and the best value
Celeron for a system like that. Leaves one of those
old dinosaurs for dead, for not all that much money.
 
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