Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 14:55:59 -0400 From: "Dearment, Alaric J" <ajdearment@bsu.edu> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Web server requirements Message-ID: <27365636F3B5C048B8E8A2BC4C7F1225C01790@email02.bsu.edu>
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I'm the on-line editor of expo, Ball State University's student-run = magazine. We're reviving our Web site, and I've been thinking seriously = about running it off a FreeBSD-based server. However, I'm not sure what = kinds of system requirements I'll have. The school has roughly 20,000 students and the magazine comes out once a = semester. If I were to guess, I'd say we'll be having 100 people on the = server at once on busy days, most of whom will be on campus. In addition = to articles, the server will probably offer a 10- to 15-minute video = and/or podcast to go with the cover story. Also, the server will also be = used as a mail server and file server, though file services will likely = only be needed for a couple of days each semester and E-mail accounts = will only be for staff to do things such as receive feedback on articles = and so forth. What sorts of requirements would such a server need as far as processor, = RAM and HD are concerned, assuming it would be running on FreeBSD? Would = a machine with 512M of RAM, a 140G HD and 1.2GHz processor work? Thank you, Alaric DeArment Ball State University
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