Dedicated Server - What is needed?

sanaxe1 · 22 Jul 2008 at 20:53

Hey i'm just wondering if there is a table of what the minimum requirements are for a server for your needs. for example :

P4 2.0ghz , 512mb , 100GB / month shared bandwidth = small site upto 25K hits.

Just wondering as i'm about to move to the following :

Core 2 Duo 2.2ghz
1GB ram
160GB hdd
3TB / bandwidth on 100mbs line

and should be having say 30k unique hits / month ( oscommerce site ) but im wondering how much more i could go on the server until i should be thinking of upgrading again.

Also i'm just curious as to what spec servers should be used for tasks so if anyone has a rough idea then id be interested to know, thanks

sanaxe1 · 22 Jul 2008 at 23:34

Yes SATA

sanaxe1 · 22 Jul 2008 at 23:51

I have 10GB Backup which is more then enough , I can get 2 x 80GB instead of the 1 x 160GB but they will not be in raid.

sanaxe1 · 23 Jul 2008 at 00:07

I would just like to mention at the moment i'm only at 20k Hits , but in a couple of months i expect to hit 30k , I dont know if that will make much difference , but i could always upgrade in the future when i do hit 30k.

The following will be on the site :

3 x Os commerce sites running off it , which includes obviously the shop software doing all its search , mysql queries , creations and emails . Then there will be a PHP Live support application running on all the sites and also 3 x Perldesk Ticket service's running as well as driver downloads for 1 shop.

sanaxe1 · 23 Jul 2008 at 00:22

Thanks , ive took your advise and gone for 2 x 80GB with my idea of running my most popular site on 1 hard drive and my 2 others on the 2nd harddrive. with a 10GB off site backup service.

sanaxe1 · 23 Jul 2008 at 00:40

lol oh right, well i might have to stump up the extra £10 a month and get them in the Raid 1 option they offer.