Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 21:23:34 +0200 From: "Martin Tournoij" <carpetsmoker@gmail.com> To: "Dearment, Alaric J" <ajdearment@bsu.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Web server requirements Message-ID: <op.tejphliyoycwod@carpet> In-Reply-To: <27365636F3B5C048B8E8A2BC4C7F1225C01790@email02.bsu.edu> References: <27365636F3B5C048B8E8A2BC4C7F1225C01790@email02.bsu.edu>
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On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 20:55:59 +0200, Dearment, Alaric J <ajdearment@bsu.edu> wrote: > I'm the on-line editor of expo, Ball State University's student-run > magazine. We're reviving our Web site, and I've been thinking seriously > about running it off a FreeBSD-based server. However, I'm not sure what > kinds of system requirements I'll have. > > The school has roughly 20,000 students and the magazine comes out once a > semester. If I were to guess, I'd say we'll be having 100 people on the > server at once on busy days, most of whom will be on campus. In addition > to articles, the server will probably offer a 10- to 15-minute video > and/or podcast to go with the cover story. Also, the server will also be > used as a mail server and file server, though file services will likely > only be needed for a couple of days each semester and E-mail accounts > will only be for staff to do things such as receive feedback on articles > and so forth. > > What sorts of requirements would such a server need as far as processor, > RAM and HD are concerned, assuming it would be running on FreeBSD? Would > a machine with 512M of RAM, a 140G HD and 1.2GHz processor work? > That will probably be enough. The Slackware site runs on a PIII 600 with 512MB RAM, http://www.slackware.org/about/
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