[Gllug] Maybe this is a FAQ

[Peter Childs]

On 16/04/06, Steve Nelson <sanelson at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure I can think of a reason to start up a business offering
> this sort of service, but suppose I did, I am sure this could run on a
> single machine of sensible spec.  I would personally go for older
> generation known hardware - an older compaq or hp, or a dell machine.
> These are resilient, nicely designed, and run linux without effort.
> Until recently we had a company running a few pretty high volume sites
> and a large MySQL database all on one DL380G1.  Check ebay - these are
> dirt cheap.
>

Yer but MySQL is not exactly a reliable database thats going to stand
up to 24x7 usage and pitr backup, Its the quick and drity solution if
you want somthing you can trust don't use MySQL use a real database.

Peter
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