How would you use an 8-core server

[tamoneya]

This would be your best bet. Quite often, they post announcements with companies who do such services.

Whatever you do, hopefully you get the best out of it!

FlyingIsFun1217

those are companies offering servers to help with rendering. My case is the opposite: I have plenty of server power.

[FlyingIsFun1217]

Yes, which is why if you sold some render time to those people, it might be an optimal use for you (if you have nothing else to do).

FlyingIsFun1217

[steveneddy]

Keeping warm in the winter?

Heck, I can't even keep a single core server busy lately.

[gletob]

I'd use it as a server LAMP, SSH, FTP, Samba, CUPS, DNS, Etc

[tamoneya]

I'd use it as a server LAMP, SSH, FTP, Samba, CUPS, DNS, Etc

IM doing all of that stuff with an old P4. Those protocols are not CPU intensive.