Gentoo is easy on a straightforward install like this. They have an extremely detailed and complete install guide on their site.
To be honest, the compiling times will be the biggest killer on a p90. Do a Stage 3 install, and expect it to take literally all night to complete the compile of your kernel, another night for Postgres, and Apache should finish through the day. Once it's up, it won't be any problem. If you're doing Gentoo, I'd go with it on the P2. You can change your mind and do it on a p90 after, but initially, you'll want to go through the install once, and see the results. So get comfortable on the P2, then do it on the p90. The 10 meg nic will be fine. Kev. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jarrod Major" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 5:02 PM Subject: (clug-talk) recommendations for a web server -----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-----
