Justin Scott wrote: > Compaq 1850r .. single, maybe dual 400-450 proc, 512MB ram, 3x9.1GB SCSI > drives on raid 5 with a good controller..
I would say that is insufficient RAM. Look at all the services that will be running: OS stuff (50 MB) ColdFusion (100 MB or more) IIS (100 MB or more) DNS (?) Stats (?) Generator maybe And then the databases: MS SQL Informix The key to keeping performance on databases is always to keep all data in RAM. The only time your HDD light should be blinking is when something is updated/inserted, not for a SELECT statement. 1 GB is the minimum for what you want to run. Also, for relyability, go for dual. None of the services mentioned above is know for playing nice to others, and if you have dual processors and one locks up a processor you can still log in, kill the process, figure out what went wrong and fix things. Traffic etc should be fairly easy to estimate based on the traffic these sites currently have. For me the question would however be whether or not to stuff all this on one box. Going for 2 less powerfull 1U machines, one with webserver, and one with databases, might be a good idea in terms of performance, money and reliability. Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
