On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, 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."
I'm running a P550 with 256M, IDE and 1.5 hits/second behind a 64Kbit
leased line and I never see any load problem... ;-)
I run 3 httpds. And Sybase.
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