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Posted to users@httpd.apache.org by AFrieze <AF...@simmgene.com> on 2007/08/28 18:09:27 UTC
[users@httpd] Best Hardware to buy for Apache
Hi All
We just had our old apache server die, looking to upgrade quickly.
Anyone have a good link to some hardware discussions for apache. Our
apache machine will run as a load balancer, using mod_jk to pass
requests to tomcat. I was thinking 2 G of ram and a cheap dual core
processor. Any opinions? Load is probably about 20 - 30 people on
clicking continually.
Thanks
AFrieze
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RE: [users@httpd] Best Hardware to buy for Apache
Posted by Ge...@gta-travel.com.
The benefit in quick drives is relative. It would depend on your
application.
If you are serving huge files all of the time then yes, and probably
also if you are saving a lot of files most of the time.
Linux caches disk reads so having lots of ram would help with this, but
I do not know which OS you intend to use.
Of all the hardware components disk IO will always be the slowest so the
quicker the better, within reason of course. 4 Serial ATA drives
configured with raid 10 might be a good idea and relatively cheap.
Regards
> Thanks for the reply
>
> I could bump to 4 G of ram. As the machine will be mostly
> acting as a load balancer, will there be a benefit in quick drives?
>
> Thanks
> AFrieze
>
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Re: [users@httpd] Best Hardware to buy for Apache
Posted by AFrieze <AF...@simmgene.com>.
Gerhardus.Geldenhuis@gta-travel.com wrote:
> With that type of load that server would be ample. Maybe buy an
> additional network card and configure fail over between the cards...
>
> Something to consider is what is your expected growth over the lifetime
> of this server. If you depreciate the servers cost to 0 in 3 years time
> and expect to replace it then, and the amount of traffic in 3 years time
> will not be significantly higer then stick with that. Otherwise bump
> your ram and have a look a getting a quick disk system.
>
> Regards
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: AFrieze [mailto:AFrieze@simmgene.com]
>> Sent: 28 August 2007 17:09
>> To: users@httpd.apache.org
>> Subject: [users@httpd] Best Hardware to buy for Apache
>>
>> Hi All
>>
>> We just had our old apache server die, looking to upgrade quickly.
>> Anyone have a good link to some hardware discussions for
>> apache. Our apache machine will run as a load balancer,
>> using mod_jk to pass requests to tomcat. I was thinking 2 G
>> of ram and a cheap dual core processor. Any opinions? Load
>> is probably about 20 - 30 people on clicking continually.
>>
>> Thanks
>> AFrieze
>>
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Thanks for the reply
I could bump to 4 G of ram. As the machine will be mostly acting as a
load balancer, will there be a benefit in quick drives?
Thanks
AFrieze
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RE: [users@httpd] Best Hardware to buy for Apache
Posted by Ge...@gta-travel.com.
With that type of load that server would be ample. Maybe buy an
additional network card and configure fail over between the cards...
Something to consider is what is your expected growth over the lifetime
of this server. If you depreciate the servers cost to 0 in 3 years time
and expect to replace it then, and the amount of traffic in 3 years time
will not be significantly higer then stick with that. Otherwise bump
your ram and have a look a getting a quick disk system.
Regards
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AFrieze [mailto:AFrieze@simmgene.com]
> Sent: 28 August 2007 17:09
> To: users@httpd.apache.org
> Subject: [users@httpd] Best Hardware to buy for Apache
>
> Hi All
>
> We just had our old apache server die, looking to upgrade quickly.
> Anyone have a good link to some hardware discussions for
> apache. Our apache machine will run as a load balancer,
> using mod_jk to pass requests to tomcat. I was thinking 2 G
> of ram and a cheap dual core processor. Any opinions? Load
> is probably about 20 - 30 people on clicking continually.
>
> Thanks
> AFrieze
>
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