Here is what I am running on my Web/Email server (www.thelauders.net), hopefully it will give you some ideas on what you could use for hardware/software:
PII-400, 500 Megs PC100 RAM (Maxed), 10/100 NIC, 4 Gig Primary Master, 10 Gig Secondary Master, CDROM. The PII-400 running Gentoo is actually running great. However, personaly I wouldn't run Gentoo on a P90, even though it could, it would probably be quite painful lol :) However, any binary distro should run ok on a P90. Here is a list of software that is running on my PII-400: Apache 2.0.x / PHP / Perl / SSL Postfix Amavis / SpamAssassin MySQL PostgreSQL Cyrus-IMAPd / SASL Snort IPTables My server hosts my personal domain (Online family photo gallery, email for myself and my wife, etc), resume site and several other web based programs I use (Ie, my music collection is all on it in Ogg vorbis using netjuke to listen to it, my bookmarks using Sitebar, etc) Between MySQL and PostgreSQL, I have 9 active databases running on the system too. Also, I'll explain further some of those programs I run.... might give you some ideas on what else you can use your webserver for :) I keep my bookmarks online using SiteBar (http://sourceforge.net/projects/sitebar), it can plug into the Mozilla sidebar which makes it work on both Linux and Windows desktops. That way, no matter where you go, you have access to your bookmarks and don't have to worry about having some in one place and some in another. It's a great tool if you have access to a webserver :) The best online photo gallery I have found is Gallery (http://gallery.menalto.com/), if you want to have your family photos online (There is also user level permissions and anonymous permissions) for family and friends to see, this is a great program to use :) That's pretty much everything I think, it's quite a bit for a PII-400 to do, but it does it quite well I think. The most important thing, is like you said, RAM. It's not a high traffic site, I use it to play and learn and provide a place to post stuff for family to see. I hope this gives you some idea on what to do. Cheers, -- Trevor Lauder Web: http://www.thelauders.net E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Resume: http://www.thelauders.net/resume/ Gentoo Powered "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." -- Albert Einstein Jarrod Major said: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hey Gang, > > I've decided to give a web server a go and I was hoping some of you could > give > me your advice. Here's the pertinent information. > > * initially a test box but could host a single domain with little activity > * will be running Apache, PHP, PERL, PostGREs or MySQL, SSH > > The hardware I have to choose from is a P90 with at least 48Mb RAM or a > PII-350 with at least 64MB SDRAM. Either configuration will have a 4.2Gb > HD > (5400 RPM), floppy and CDROM. Not sure what I need for a NIC, will a 10 > BaseT > suffice or should I put a 10/100 BaseT? It will reside on a 10/100 > network. > > I don't plan on doing virtual hosting or streaming MP3's or MPEG's, it's > just > a test platform that could end up being my domain. If it does become my > domain, I don't get a lot of traffic, it's mostly a vanity site but I do > plan > on doing a fair bit of PHP/DB stuff. > > I don't believe that I need the horsepower of the PII. The RAM seems to be > the > biggest issue. I know the more I can throw at either box the better. > > My biggest hurdle is trying to decide which distribution to go with. > Obviously > if it is just a web server I won't need (or want) to run X. I'll want > something that can be patched and updated fairly easily. I don't think FTP > is > necessary if I can SSH(or Fish) into it. > > Thinking seriously about Gentoo (yes Trevor and Kevin are probably > clapping) > but it is a little daunting. Security is important and this will be behind > an > IPCop firewall on the Orange (DMZ) interface. > > I suspect having a few things like IDS and IPChains couldn't hurt. > > I don't plan on running much more than that, maybe a simple mail server to > send out panic messages or the odd form submission. I'm of the opinion > that > these sorts of things are best kept separate so as to minimize the risk to > each box and the network. > > Down the road I may do my own DNS and or Mail server but first I want a > Web > server. Thanks in advance! > > - -- > Jarrod Major > GPG Fingerprint: FA4A 1EA3 A0EE A842 07BB 804C 0090 14F6 BE6E DE3D > Registered Linux User: #224211 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) > > iQCVAwUBPt0pFgCQFPa+bt49AQJL8wP8DEFeVuas4xH9PFqnWobDf3n6vx4BZ6b1 > dDacbsfmixqqkeJaUPa+6dkZtStsAz+P6TFwZ/vU3sST78lBe+NNEsmISz09rIqR > nmbW21e3H7ya3DLj689LIgHZaKjf3Qx8E18YJAtc4MlC7TOsH1vp0M4Gl7QOuEYW > uhCHXUw9f6I=j3iQ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > >
