Greetings...
I've a relatively simple question, regarding system hardware requirements
for ML 8.2 and a few things I intend to put it to use for, and thought I
might save myself a few headaches by asking wiser and more experienced users
than myself.
The system I have installed to is a P3/800 based system, 256M SDRAM,
running a PC100 buss, with a single 20 gig HD, token floppy drive and a CD
ROM. What I hope to accomplish is move my services and users from my
present Windows box, to the Linux box. I presently have http, with Perl,
PHP, and MySQL, a FTP server, and a mail server that provide for the overall
needs of my roughly 25 or so users. Things are connected by way of a
bridged ADSL connection, purported to be 768K upstream. The server load is
moderate, I'd say, with around 50K average requests, and around 2 gigs of
bandwidth per day.
The final goal is to meet the above requirements, along with acting as an
Internet gateway for my present Windows box, and the family system.
Overall, the main objective is to remove the servers from the Windows
environment, and rely on Linux to handle those needs, while freeing my
Windows box for my other pursuits, and providing better service for the
users. For some things, Windows does pretty well, running servers isn't one
of them, unless one is keen on rebooting at least daily.
In the opinion of those more accustomed, is the hardware mentioned up to
the task? The same system ran my present servers fairly well under Windows,
but that's about all it was fit for, and the crashes weren't too awfully
bad. I want to be able to build this box, install things, and be able to
rely on it, not wind up having to upgrade the hardware because it wasn't up
to the task required. Perhaps more memory? Faster buss? Any suggestions
would be gratefully received.
TIA,
Belgarius
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