This is a little off-topic;however.... I've just been tasked with setting up an Intranet Web Server for our company and I need some help with "sizing" - I haven't been able to find any info on this posted on the web anywhere.
Anyway, I want leverage my existing experience with Apache and Debian Linux, so I'm thinking of putting the two together and coming up with a solution that will cover what we need. I need to setup a server that will handle approximately 100-200 concurrent users accessing fairly typical web site information (mix of text and graphics). Any ideas on what I can expect for typical data throughput per user? 100KB per minute? If so, then I need a system that will support 200 x 100KB ==> 20,000KB/minute ==> ~350KB/s throughput. With these numbers, I don't see network capacity as being a problem. However, I have no idea what type of hardware I'm going to need to support this. i.e. what might I require in the way of CPU, RAM, and Disk I/O? I assume order of importance will be RAM, CPU, and finally Disk I/O, but what quantity/quality of each will I require? One other thing. I'm probably going to need Apache-SSL.... Any help you can provide would be much appreciated. (BTW, I went to various Apache web sites and haven't been able to find any of this information or mailing lists pertaining to the Apache Web Server. Do you know of any?) Later, Kevin Traas Baan Business Systems Systems Analyst Langley, BC, Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 882-8169 http://www.baan-bbs.ca -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
