I've been using a dual processor, PIII 400+ Mhz Dell PowerEdge server
that has 512MB RAM 2 9GB SCSI drives running Redhat Linux, Apache,
mod_perl, HTML::Embperl and it's been working like a champ.
Price tag: $8000
Not to plug Dell but they have some really nice server offerings and now
fully support Linux as well...
___cliff rayman___ wrote:
>
> i am running a PII 350 w/128mg ram and SCSI-2 7200rpm harddrives.
> i put out as many at 12K page views a day, nothing compared to Ask at Valueclick,
> although my pages are kind of big - about 60K worth.
> all of my pages have dynamic content rendered with mod_perl and Embperl and I
> suppress browser caching anytime the customer has an active cart. only the gifs
> and jpegs are static.
> the checkout process is all SSL of course.
>
> i have not yet set-up the reverse proxying etc. on the tuits list.
>
> unless i am running some kind of maintenance (log analysis) etc., this system is
> always over 90% idle and never uses the swap space.
>
> keystone was trying to sell me their monitoring and testing service and they
> pounded on the machine for a couple of weeks, and it came through with flying
> colors. always showing very small error rates and responses rates in the 90th
> percentile.
>
> so, i intended this as a starter system, and i was expecting have to upgrade.
> but, it looks like it will make another season before it becomes another
> firewall, honeypot or internal server.
>
> --
> ___cliff [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.genwax.com/
> Bill Moseley wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm not sure why, but someone asked me to review a bid they received for a
> > server to run their site. That's where the $64,000 USD part comes from.
> > Whew!
> >
> > This is not a commerce site (it's a .org), and unlikely to get slashdotted.
> > 24/7 is nice, but it's not the end of the world if the server is down for
> > 12 hours. The server is normally running about 1.5 hits/second with about
> > 30 10MB mod_perl processes. Low database activity. So I imagine an $800
> > PC running linux could do the job -- saving $63,200 in the process ;).
> >
> > Anyway, I've read the Guide on this issue again, and I've looked over the
> > High-Availability Linux Project, but I was wondering if anyone knew of
> > links or had experience with building a nice small inexpensive and reliable
> > server for running mod_perl. Frankly, A single CPU P550 running Linux with
> > 1G RAM and a couple fast SCSI drives (and some decent ISP connectivity)
> > would more than do the job. But what do I know! Do mod_perl programmers
> > know hardware?
> >
> > So, I'm not looking for any specific advice, or do I want to discuss the
> > maintenance issues, but just some basic ideas on hardware, or pointers to
> > links you might have found useful.
> >
> > Like: "I'm running a P550 with 1G, ultra-wide SCSI and 10 hits/second and
> > never see any load problem."
> >
> > or "Check out this link and see how to run two inexpensive boxes in
> > parallel to maintain 100% uptime and you even don't have to worry about
> > tape backup."
> >
> > or "No, it's worth running RAID with hot-swappable disks and power supplies."
> >
> > or "I'll set up that server for $64,000!!" (no, sorry, I'm first in line
> > for that job...)
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bill Moseley
> > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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