From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun May 7 14:38: 2 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mass.cdrom.com (adsl-63-202-176-114.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.202.176.114]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C4AF37B5B3 for ; Sun, 7 May 2000 14:37:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Received: from mass.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA11915; Sun, 7 May 2000 14:46:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <200005072146.OAA11915@mass.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: crypt0genic Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hardware specs for large web site In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 07 May 2000 16:30:58 BST." <20000507163058.B55399@ecad.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 07 May 2000 14:46:54 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Simulate increased user load and watch the system(s). Anything else is going to be pure speculation (read - a waste of money). > 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 > -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message