Re: [squid-users] Recommended Hardware for my setup

From: Kevin <kkadow@dont-contact.us>
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 18:31:19 -0500

On 6/10/05, Jason Williams <jwilliams@courtesymortgage.com> wrote:
> Thanks guys for your input.
> I was hoping to find some type of 1U server with a decent CPU, good ram
> and good disk(s).
> Because of the setup I would be running and knowing that I will begin
> with 70 users and grow to 100 over the course of about 6 months, I was
> trying to plan for that as well. I have "thought" about looking at ebay,
> because the server I need, doesn't need to be all powerful. Just
> realiable, with good RAM and disks.

Given these specs, you might look at the HP Proliant DL145,
low-end models show up on eBay at around $1300.

On 6/10/05, Chris Robertson <crobertson@gci.com> wrote:
> Spend your money on quality parts. For so few users, the speed of the parts
> is not going to be too important. Any Pentium II based system would
> (likely) be more than enough to handle the load placed by 70 concurrent
> users. Memory is certainly important, but most of your cache is going to
> wind up on disk.

The key words for your server search are "quality" and "redundant".
When my job is riding on the service being up, I want a name brand
system, two identical units, and all the (automatic) redundancy the
company can afford.

Kevin Kadow
Received on Fri Jun 10 2005 - 17:31:20 MDT

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