[AuckLUG] LAMP Server requirements

[Nevyn]

I suppose the real question here is what's the purpose of the server?
Is it going to be handling the occassional query, simply be a test
machine or be serving up hundreds of pages a minute?

The next question is, how efficient are the pages it's going to be
serving up? How much information is likely to be returned from the
database? Is the entire site going to be reliant on php or is the php
going to be kept to a minimum.

I'd suggest that the reason there's no meaningful information on the
subject is because it's really up to the individual setup.

On 1/18/07, John Deverall <JohnD at ablazesoftware.co.nz> wrote:
> A quick question for those who know.
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> Does anyone happen to know or have any experience with testing the
> minimum requirements of a LAMP server under different loads?
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> I've had a bit of a google and found nothing especially useful.
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> The Apache project advises their hardware requirement to be a "fast
> enough" server with plenty of RAM.
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> 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.
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> I want more concrete stuff, like am I likely to get away with a cheap
> IBM x330 from trademe? (Pentium 3 class machine)
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> 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)
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> I'm wondering if anyone knows the answer load wise.
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> Thanks,
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> John
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