From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 6 10:03:24 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61D0E1065672 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 10:03:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 177B28FC13 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 10:03:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JXCwY-0006HX-G1 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:03:18 +0000 Received: from lara.cc.fer.hr ([161.53.72.113]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:03:18 +0000 Received: from ivoras by lara.cc.fer.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:03:18 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Ivan Voras Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:07:05 +0100 Lines: 49 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigF8C23FEA34865023A367F24E" X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: lara.cc.fer.hr User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071022) In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Sender: news Subject: Re: Some questions about installing a web server. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:03:24 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigF8C23FEA34865023A367F24E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =E5=88=98=E4=BC=9F=E5=8D=97 wrote: > Hi guys, >=20 > I'm a freshman man here. Please do not mind my silly questions. >=20 > I am ready to install a web server, the main hardwares are as follows: > CPU 4-core xeon 5410 * 2 > MEM kingston 2G EEC FBD667 * 2 > HD ST146G SAS 15K * 1 >=20 > I have several questions. > Which platform should I chooses? amd64 or i386? Unless you need software that doesn't work on i386, you should install amd64. > Is 4G memory enough for 2000 people online? This is very much dependent on what will the server actually do. For a simple web (PHP?) application, yes. For a very complex web application, no. You probably also need a database there, and that will complicate things. > If you have others suggestions please tell me. > Thanks in advance. I suppose the disk drive specification is a placeholder - you'll probably need many more drives in real deployment. --------------enigF8C23FEA34865023A367F24E Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHz8JKldnAQVacBcgRAluyAJ90dyQx3oLkQ2YdjNF7cOq9Ef7JdgCg5QPS fMJrAOtVOgbCY8NY2FgXl1Y= =B/t4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigF8C23FEA34865023A367F24E--