I completely agree about the RAM - people totally underestimate how important RAM is
these days. When I first got into computers that was all people talked about - more
ways to get RAM - I remember that we always filled all the slots on our mainboards.
Now most people buy one stick and shrug the rest away - very bad idea.
RAM, RAM, RAM.
The second thing is, if you're gong to be doing things like file serving (as in http
downloads) SQL/DB stuff, dynamic pages, or media streaming, you simply _muist_ pay the
extra for SCSI hard drives. I talk to people all the time who refuse to belive that
you *really* get more performance out of a SCSI disk then you do from a ATA one, but
let me promise you, you'll notice the difference. Think "at least 2 if not 3 times as
fast" compared to the average 7200 RPM ATA 66 hard drive.
Have fun,
JW
At 02:23 PM 9/26/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Chris S wrote:
>> i would like to host multiple sites on my server and was wondering where to
>> start. more specifically how to configure the server, what h/w requirements
>> i will need (including bandwidth), and what documentation i can use to get
>> up to speed with this. right now i have a RH6.2 box on a dedicated cable
>> line. thanks for any advice
>>
>*shudder* I'd see about getting some other "broadband" connection (T1
>at least) as cable line bandwidth depends on how many of your
>neighbors are surfing the web right now. :-(
>
>As for the hardware, well, basically, anything you can buy "off the
>shelf" these days which will easily accept linux will do, especially
>if you throw a LOT of RAM at it (256+ megs.)
>
>You CAN do it on less machine and less ram, but if you're wanting to
>host multiple sites and they're going to generate ANY traffic at all,
>you'll need all the ram you can get.
> John
>
>
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