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I would like to buy a server and want to know if someone know any online tutorial or article about the important things to think about in order to choose the correct machine.
It will mostly be used as backup und web-server for about 100 people.
Thanks.
It really depends on what sort of content you are serving and how frequently but from your description I would concentrate on getting a decent sized raid 5 array to help save and deliver static content. If you run any database apps on the webserver then make sure you have enough ram to accommodate that. Having extra RAM will never hurt.
I want to set up a web-server with mysql, Apache and different CMS and File sharing systems on it. It wonīt have so much traffic on it. It will be used for an institut in an university. Students (around (100 a day) wil be allowed to read, write very few and download and upload. Teachers (around 50) do mostly writing and uploading.
Speed isnīt the most important. The server should be reliable and give me so little trouble as possible! Backup and keeping files safe are more a big thema .
1) How much RAM should I need for example?
2) I still donīt know whether I should take RAID 1 or RAID 5?
Thanks
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