[users@httpd] hardware architecture

[Filip Kolendo <fi...@primesoft.pl>]

Hello group,

I have a following installation:
  software: win 2k3, Apache 2.0.48, PHP 5.1.4
  hardware: 2 x Xeon 3.2, 3 GB RAM
  separate SQL server

Almost the whole content is generated dynamically.
100.000 hits/day, the download is about 1.5-2 GB / day
It is a corporate intranet system. (80-90% hits within 10hours period).

Due to first efficiency problem symptoms I think it is time to install
second www server and use load-balancing techniques... (in fact, after
first tests it works very well)...

I know that almost everything depends on scripts (cgi or modules,
whatever...) and the amount of resources they use, however...  let's
assume that the level of script complication is more or less the same
(regardless it is the php or perl or something else)... what is the
hardware architecture you use...? when do you start to extend it?

I'm interested in your experience with efficiency and www server
hardware architecture strategies...
(hope it is not much off-topic and can be discussed in this group)

Regards,
Filip

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