hulsej
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Specs for a system?
Hi,
I am very new to all of this and need a bit of help.
Could someone please tell me, some sort of guidleine, specifactions for a system proposing to host around 100 home pages for public access.
And were I may may find adequate documentation for an inexperienced administrator to set up a hosting Web Server.
Thanks
James
I am very new to all of this and need a bit of help.
Could someone please tell me, some sort of guidleine, specifactions for a system proposing to host around 100 home pages for public access.
And were I may may find adequate documentation for an inexperienced administrator to set up a hosting Web Server.
Thanks
James
Is always good idea to have more than one webserver serving the same website. So I would need to have two servers or more with the same stuff on it so in case one goes down the other will still give you time to fix the problem. In linux Journal they are saying that one pentium-pro based server run IMAP,SMB,DNS and WWW for 1000 users but if the fastes server is better.
We have used a mere 40mhz 486 as a server for 250+ users (not necesarily concurent) for SMB, WWW, Netware emulator, miniSQL. Going from 8 to 64mb memory made a lot more difference than a faster cpu (but more memory AND faster cpu would be nice)....
hulsej:
JBURGHARDT has a good point. My company has a 400MHZ system with 256MB of Ram and RH5.1; however, none of that power will do much good unless you have the bandwidth to support it. Serving up 100 web site aliases is going to produce problems based on bandwidth no Server performance. Luckily we have a dedicated 4Mbps pipe through Road Runner (Cable Modem). If this type of solution is not avialable in your area you should look into multiple servers with dedicated T1 or ISDN pipes. Call your local cable company and check it out. The prices and performance they offer can not be touched by any telephone carrier. Good Luck.
JBURGHARDT has a good point. My company has a 400MHZ system with 256MB of Ram and RH5.1; however, none of that power will do much good unless you have the bandwidth to support it. Serving up 100 web site aliases is going to produce problems based on bandwidth no Server performance. Luckily we have a dedicated 4Mbps pipe through Road Runner (Cable Modem). If this type of solution is not avialable in your area you should look into multiple servers with dedicated T1 or ISDN pipes. Call your local cable company and check it out. The prices and performance they offer can not be touched by any telephone carrier. Good Luck.
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