Re: [PLUG] Web Server Hardware

[Tobias DiPasquale <anany@ece.villanova.edu>]

I have an old Alpha machine (21064A, in case anyone cares), 275MHz, 
128MB RAM with a 1GB HD just laying around that I don't use anymore and 
which could DEFINITELY handle the load (this machine, despite being 6 
years old, came close to beating my 800MHz PIII laptop in floating-point 
performance tests). It runs RedHat 5.2 and I have the original 
installation media and all. I could let it go for $150 or so if you are 
interested. Anyone else, feel free to inquire as well.

Mike Leone wrote:

> > I forgot to mention that I will also be running an email server on the
> same
>
> > box.  Our current setup is as an IMAP server and I would like to keep it
> that
>
> > way.  Do the suggestions still hold?
>
> I run Apache as web server; ProFTPD as FTP server; postfix as SMTP (only)
> server. So pretty much, yeah. :-)
> Your biggest problem will probably be bandwidth, for the video content.
>
> For your static pages, you can check out my page -
> http://www.mike-leone.com/~turgon - for response time. There's not a whole
> lot there, except for scanned photos. Bear in mind; I have a 640K down/90 up
> DSL - so the web server can only push pages out to you at 90K.
>
>
>
> > > I'm serving up static webpages from my house on a P1-133, 96M RAM. The
> > > original poster said probably 50 hits a day; maybe 200. That box should
> > > handle it (except for perhaps the video content).
> > >
> > > $50 or so, for a 2nd hand system like that? I paid $90 a couple yrs ago,
> and
>
> > > could have gotten it for less.
>
>
>
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