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Old 06-16-2006, 05:30 PM
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Hi all,

I am planning to get VPS or dedicated box for site but i have no idea about UNIX (BSD) or Linux.

I would like to know how much load a web server can take, so that I can order dedicated server or linux vps server for my needs

thanks in advance

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jerry give us more information. What software you would like to use (PHPBB or forum software).. how many users going to use site at a time then it is possible to tell ...
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Site will be in PHP and Mysql

Max 1000 user at a time or 1500 at pick time. Yup we are going to use vBulletin php softwares

Now can you help me

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Go for P4 or AMD CPU with 1GiB and SCSI hard disk. Once you got system/server setup apache/forum software and other stuff.

Then use ab tool to benchmarks your web server. Adding 1GiB RAM will improve performance ( http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-...eb-server.html )

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thanks monk ill see if i can run it usng AMD with 1gig and ill use ab command too
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