[plug] Web Server Specs

[Chris@Home]

G'day.
        Just thought I'd give this one a whirl :)

1) RAM. RAM. More RAM

2) Depending on how many users you have, and what kind of "traffic" or
processing is going to be done would indicate the need for RAID. RAID-1 is
*always* a good idea, imho. Cant beat that as a *secondary* backup, and the
improved read rates are nice as well.

3) RAM is cheap.

4) I have no idea on the performance of 2 vs. 1 webservers. I've only ever
set up single webservers. I'd go again with the philosophy of the number of
users you are expecting.
Pretty much any new processor you buy nowadays is going to be overkill,
imho.

well, thats my 2c on the things I feel I can answer well enough anyway :)

Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrian Woodley" <Adrian at Diskworld.com.au>
To: "PLUG" <PLUG at PLUG.Linux.org.au>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 2:19 PM
Subject: [plug] Web Server Specs


> G'Day all,
> Its an important tmie in a young man's life when he gets to set up his
> first rack-mount web server. Having not done anything of this magnitude
> before I looking to the plug members for some guidance. The main questions
> I have are :-
> Whats more important, RAM or Mhz?
> Is RAID worth it?
> Is one BA (Big Arse) server better than two smaller servers?
> Whats a good backup methodology?
> What kind of specs are required (ie Speed, RAM)?
>
> I understand that enough RAM to hold the entire website is a good thing,
> but does that hold true for a database as well? Any further general
> comments would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
> Adrian
> Diskworld, Computer & IT
>