From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun May 7 8:25:14 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from ecad.org (ecad.org [216.110.45.214]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCBB237B50C for ; Sun, 7 May 2000 08:25:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from crypt0genic@ecad.org) Received: (from crypt0genic@localhost) by ecad.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA55442 for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Sun, 7 May 2000 16:30:58 +0100 (IST) (envelope-from crypt0genic) Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 16:30:58 +0100 From: crypt0genic To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: hardware specs for large web site Message-ID: <20000507163058.B55399@ecad.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1us Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Im currently working on a large new venture for a client, the hardware we currently have in place is as follows: Http Server: 500Mhz AMD K6 with 768megs of RAM, and two 9.1 gig SCSI Hard disks running apache/php3 and SSL Database server: 400Mhz AMD K6 with 256 and two 9.1 SCSI Hard disks running Informix The client wants to up the specs for when they start their marketing to ensure that the site stays fast. Im thinking about what would be the best thing todo. Add a second HTTP server and use load balancing, or add a seconf Database server and have load sharing between them. If I was to up the specs for the http server what would be better, more RAM or faster CPU? As for the database server I think I will need to put more RAM in there anyway, up it to 768, what about CPU? Should I up the CPU or add a extra database mirror server? All comments are appreciated, Please CC me as I am not on freebsd-hardware -Emil To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message