Within the next 6 months or so i'll need to look at purchasing a dedicated server for an eCommerce project. Maybe 10,000 - 25,000 hits a day max. I've already got my server co-location figured out here locally, but am debating what i'll do for hardware.

I've already got a slackware server that i use here for a couple apps and it's kicking ***. Although, for this larger scale project i'll be using Redhat for the optional additional support if needed.

I was looking at some of Dell's offered servers (dual 3ghz Xeon's, RAID ? array, 4gb ram, etc)..

Does anyone have any suggestions for a server with the above mentioned traffic criteria (10-25k unique users a day and ~50gb bandwidth a month?)?

Suggestions are appreciated!

So u are just looking for hardware for your Box? This is a bit confusing. Generically I would go with a Dual Xeon and 2 Gigs of Ram. http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merch...ct_Code=100413 there is a box and below is the recommended Dual Xeon.

Originally Posted by easdesign.com

So u are just looking for hardware for your Box? This is a bit confusing. Generically I would go with a Dual Xeon and 2 Gigs of Ram. http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merch...ct_Code=100413 there is a box and below is the recommended Dual Xeon.

Yes, i'm just looking for the hardware. Just interested to see what people think *might* be adequate based on the above mentioned criteria. Box would be running PHP w/ mySQL or MsSQL

Anyone?

A Dual Opteron with outperform Xeons by a big margin. There was a cheap high spec one for sale at WHT, place at least 2GB of RAM and SCSI drives in and it will fly, he would change the ones currenty in.

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