[plug] Web Server Specs

[Mark Nold]

RAID is a must. And to second that Software Raid under linux is great. Ive 
had a couple of disk die on web boxes recently and with raid they just keep 
on ticking (make sure they are both on separate IDE interfaces though) 

I also find that if (or maybe "when" from my last 6 month experience of 
returning 4 disks) your disks fail and they are still under warrenty, just 
buy a replacement and wack it in whilst you wait the 4-6 weeks for the 
warrenty job. The few hundred dollars spent is always worth it. (Of course 
the remaining disk should hopefully hold up for the day you run around and 
buy the replacement)

mn


On Monday 11 February 2002 15:18, Grahame Bowland wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-02-11 at 14:19, Adrian Woodley wrote:
> > 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.
>
> A vague guide:
>  - buy RAM. The more RAM the better; you can handle more requests as you
> have room for lots of apache processes, etc.
>  - RAID-1 is a godsend. Software RAID under Linux is nice and simple.