hi all
i'm chucking my old server(IBM netfinity 4000r) it had one 650 pIII for a new dual p3 750s w/133 fbs and 512 megs of ram. will be sporting raid 5 with 2 extra backup hdd. will probably pop in suse 7.0 hardend for os. it will be co-located in a redundantly connected NOC w/burstable bandwidth.
NOW FOR THE $64 QUESTION: can this handle a over 5,000,000 hits per month? i'm building her twin sister to bal the load it should be deployed about 2-3 weeks later. will first server last or should i wait for her sister?
thanks for any help
deeboy
servers will only host this one site.

5 million hits a month, are they just standard views, or is there a lot of php,mysql code being used.

If you using a lot of php,mysql code I would wait for the sister to be built and deployed at the same time, another thing to I would recommend is more memory at least a GIG on the main server, and 512MB on the sister server.

Also, suse is a good flavor of unix, but I would also recommend FreeBSD, much more stable and secure.

Regards,

do you guys use any special software to monitor server resources to make sure you're box isn't running itself crazy?

i'm chucking my old server(IBM netfinity 4000r)

deeboy, want to "chuck" it my way???? :D

deeboy, want to "chuck" it my way????

UmBillyCord if you make me a good offer i'd consider it :D this box has seen little or no use.
deeboy