[Gllug] web server specs

[Nick Hill]

I would say hardware reliability is by far the most important aspect. I would avoid using a CPU fan, if possible. I have seen many of these fail.

If you are hosting sites not heavily dependent on large, complex database structures, I would suggest a K6-500 underclocked to 200Mhz, with a non-fan heatsink. If you only need a small amount of storage, I would suggest a solid state disk.

Configuration, packet loss and ping time are probably the most relevant factors for server performance.

Regards

Nick.


On Mon, 1 Oct 2001 10:22:36 +0100
"Paul Brazier" <pbrazier at cosmos-uk.co.uk> wrote:

> I'm looking into co-located web servers on a fairly low budget.
> 
> I've narrowed it down to two possibilities for the co-location (Maibox &
> Black Cat)
> 
> Next thing is the hardware. It seems 1U rackmounted servers are more
> expensive to buy (700+ pounds) but cheaper to hire colocation space for.
> Can you get cheap 1U servers or would I be better going for a standard
> size box and pay a bit extra for the rackspace?
> 
> I could get a "normal" desktop/workstation-type PC for under 500 but
> what sort of spec would I need?
> I'm thinking of a debian/apache/perl/php/mysql setup for about 10-20
> sites, fairly low-volume traffic, perhaps phpnuke.
> Business-critical 24-7 uptime is not needed.
> What is usually the bottleneck - memory, processor, disk speed, network
> speed?
> Would a PIII with say 256M RAM and a 20GB HD be the sort of thing? Or
> overkill?
> With just a CD drive, floppy drive and an ethernet card?
> 
> --
> Paul Brazier
> Cosmos UK 
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