Server Hardware

TCasp77 · 10-13-2003, 07:28 PM

Hello all,

I am about to embark on the task of building my own Linux Server, which will be required to host a major site with around 15000 hits/month, and some small personal sites. I will be running it on Red Hat 9. I am wondering if anyone has suggestions on a good motherboard and processor combo to use for this...Does anyone have experience with this? I would like to stay around $150 or below for the motherboard, and that would probably dictate what kind of processor I get. In total I am attempting to get this server up and running for under $500. Thanks for your comments!

Tom

illtbagu · 10-13-2003, 08:19 PM

Under $500.00 for a computer hosting a major site huh. Wow I'm not saying you cant but if your going to run a real server setup then I hate to say it but $500 good luck. Especially if your buying everything new like you are making it sound. Monitor, memory, MOBO, processor, SCSI HD x5 min, some sort of tape back up system with at least 6 months of tape back up you probably need, possibly a NIC, cdrom drive probably want a burner too maybe even a firmware based firewall. Try around 4000-7000 for something decent. 15000 hits a month I'm not sure that constitutes as high traffic thats only about 20 hits an hour.

Is it me or you thats smoking the crack

chort · 10-13-2003, 10:24 PM

You won't get much for $500. I built a server for $500 and it was a Asus micro-ATX formfactor with the nForce chipset (the original, not nForce2) so it has built-in video and NIC (the NIC sucks). 512MB 266MHz DDR RAM, Duron 950, 80GB HDD, CD-ROM, floppy, and that was it.

I recently built a gaming box for a relative that was pretty much the same as above, a cheaper (and less well built) mother board (integrated NIC and audio), again 512MB 266MHz DDR, GF4 Ti4.2K, 40GB HDD, DVD-ROM, floppy, and a generic keyboard and mouse all for around $430 (note NO CPU).

If I was building a server to sell hosting on, I would spring for a rack mount case ($200+ right there) and dual power supplies if possible, either a mother board with RAID, or a separate RAID controller (would have to make sure all cards fit in 2U box), two HDDs, Intel Pro NIC(s), ECC RAM, etc... That wouldn't be cheap, probably $2,000 at the very least, and that's with budget parts.