[AuckLUG] LAMP Server requirements

[John Deverall]

A quick question for those who know. 

Does anyone happen to know or have any experience with testing the
minimum requirements of a LAMP server under different loads? 

I've had a bit of a google and found nothing especially useful. 

The Apache project advises their hardware requirement to be a "fast
enough" server with plenty of RAM. 

My googling suggests that MySQL would give up before Apache would under
a large load but that's not actually what I want to know. 

I want more concrete stuff, like am I likely to get away with a cheap
IBM x330 from trademe? (Pentium 3 class machine)

If I go for a cheapie server at what point will everything start to fall
apart on me (probably when a fan or SCSI drive fails out of warranty but
I know that already) 

I'm wondering if anyone knows the answer load wise. 

Thanks, 

John