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| Thread ID: 33263 | 2003-05-12 03:54:00 | What would I need for a webserver? | Kame (312) | Press F1 |
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| 143404 | 2003-05-12 07:14:00 | i ran one for a while from Sam, a SuSE Pentuim 1 450-meg AMDCPU 256 meg of RAM, and conection via one cable modem (fixed IP is standard on cable). Server software was apache. It worked well till i broke it and earnt my name. I decided to learn what i was doing before bringing it back. If you do know what you are doing, and/or don't poke around deep in the system to see can be done, you'd be fine. .Clueless |
Clueless (181) | ||
| 143405 | 2003-05-12 07:56:00 | Anything should be fine if you're buying brand new. The Spec's for PF1 are nothing super-duper, and Im looking to host a website soon - I'll only be doing it from a P300Mhz with 256MB RAM (If I can get the NIC going..). RAM is a pretty big thing I guess... you'll want nothing less than 256MB I would think to be safe - depending on the size of the page etc... In all reality, a 1Ghz PC with a 20Gig HDD and anything 256MB RAM and over should be more than enough for most basic servers. As for connection, I doubt you would max out at over 2mbps until your website becomes EXTREMELY popular :-) As for NZ restrictions, Im going to be doing that myself.. I am hoping to find a list of NZ IP's from somewhere (Some were posted a while back) and restrict connections to my router to IP's within those ranges! Hope this helps Cheers Chilling_Silence |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 143406 | 2003-05-12 07:58:00 | What did you use your server for? Was it very popular? I could be another site that doesn't get noticed but I hope that'd change with what I am wanting to do. Specs wise I think I'll splash out on a few speedy items, and try to make sure it's going to last it's lifetime expectancy or if it pays for itself. |
Kame (312) | ||
| 143407 | 2003-05-12 08:00:00 | No, not terribly popular, but working for IDG, I learned a few of the details of the server specs, and they suffice fine, but are certainly not your latest P4 Hyperthreading CPU's. Ask Bruce or Kal real nice if they'll give you a hint as to the PF1 server details :-) |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 143408 | 2003-05-12 08:03:00 | > Forf the IDG hardware etc, just go to the PC World > page, (click on the header here) and look down the > left hand side for "IDG Net Powered by ... . Click on > that. ... I would but its a no-go right now? this is what google thinks of when I search 'PC World site:nz': '); //-- > ... Rs. -- PC World. Now ... recordings. Business PC Comparison PC World went looking for the best business desktops under $2999. Buying ... Description: NZ PC World online magazine. Category: Regional > Oceania > ... > Computers > Publications www.pcworld.co.nz/ - 34k - Cached - Similar pages Dunno what all that is up the top aye? |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 143409 | 2003-05-12 08:07:00 | I think you right, maybe start off with small expenses and then if it takes off consider upgrading from that. It's still in development and is being tested but it won't be up for a while. I just needed an idea so I can estimate costs from it. | Kame (312) | ||
| 143410 | 2003-05-12 08:17:00 | Well, Im gonna be running the Host for my Chat software soon, and that could run on my P300... but I want a dedicated server just in case. Im gonna be going with an AMD Duron 1.3Ghz, A 30 Gig HDD, 512MB DDR RAM... on a 128kbps JetStream Starter connection. Its MAJOR overkill seeing as I could do it on a 486, but if I wanna start hosting FTP, then a 486 wouldnt do the job. Anything 500Mhz or over does the job for most servers, they're not converting MP3's for the client connection remember, only figuring out what data they need to pump down the phat pipe connection! RAM, go with 512MB DDR coz its dead cheap, and its not too much.. but then again its not gonna be cutting short by a long shot, so you'd be fine there. HDD... I know the size of the PF1 database and its not as large as one might think! A 10 gig HDD would more than suffice most likely.. if you can find one, so Im going with a $140 30GB HDD :-) Hope this helps ya Cheers Chill. |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 143411 | 2003-05-12 08:42:00 | I sent an email off to IDG when enquiring as to the specs of the machine that hosts PressF1 so we could base the server for studentnet on it. Here's a bit of the reply I got: Here's Candy's specs: Redhat Linux Pentium III 700 768 MB RAM - Not fully utilised 32 GB HD We use tomcat, apache and mysql. CyberChuck |
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| 143412 | 2003-05-12 08:55:00 | And here's what I heard from that: "blahblahblah... low, low specs, almost lower than my desktop computer..... not 2GHz, I DEMAND 2GHz, I DEMAND, I DEMAND, I DEMAND......" |
agent (30) | ||
| 143413 | 2003-05-12 08:57:00 | Anything will run a server pretty much :P I'd recommend going with Apache because it's free and does the job. If you're wanting something better then I've heard that Zeus is the ultimate. Apache works really well with PHP as well. |
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