How much bandwidth could this server handle:
800Ghz Duron
64MB RAM

I'm saying it could push 3-4mbps tops, but does anyone else have comments on that?

I would say it depends on what you are pushing through. Static HTML or database driven (high server load stuff) etc. ?

That would probably be through static HTML. How much you think if it was database driven?

800Ghz Duron

holy crap! Now thats some CPU speed... :eek:....

Anyways, I'm pretty sure you mean 800MHz, but I would put some more ram in there if it only has 64MB... 512 would be good, but if it is just for home/network use 256 would be ok...

Anything more than static HTML, I'd put some more ram in it...

Just my 2 cents :)

A pentium 166 would work fine for you, go with what you want to get, static HTML is not intensive, and even cgi would run goo don a 166mhz, people today are just unreasonable.

They do not seem to understand you wil be maxing your bandwidth allocation with almost any computer if you have it configured right.

I know of many Pentium 100's that do 1GB transfer a day without breaking a sweat, and only have 32MB ram.

1 Gig a day is nothing =) That server should be able to do 1 gig in 2 minutes. Anyways, I am sure it could easy pull 10-15 Mb per second but ram is important cause swapping sucks.

Hey, I know one gig a day is nothing, but it was maxing the lil line it was on, nothing high speed, but fine for the static content none-the-less. And one gig a day of pure static content is quite a bit.

Originally posted by MGCJerry


holy crap! Now thats some CPU speed... :eek:....

Anyways, I'm pretty sure you mean 800MHz, but I would put some more ram in there if it only has 64MB... 512 would be good, but if it is just for home/network use 256 would be ok...

Anything more than static HTML, I'd put some more ram in it...

Just my 2 cents :)
I'm so used to typing "Ghz".:laugh:

amd_duron,
Where would I find a Pentium 166????

Your joking right? Why would you want a 166 Mhz?

mas3000, im not joking a 166 would handle it, I was just using that as an analogy. I don't yet offer 166's but I hope too soon, I doubt people will gript for $20-$40 a month. :)

I know of no place to get a 166 for any reasonable price.

amd_duron,
So where would you get a Pentium 166??

A dedicated for $20-40 per dedicated server sounds nice but what about rackspace? It's not cheap unless your planning to host in your basement.

Originally posted by ClusterMania
A dedicated for $20-40 per dedicated server sounds nice but what about rackspace? It's not cheap unless your planning to host in your basement.
Yeah, it's at cheapest $10 per U unless you own your own datacenter. And then for the bandwidth... How would you stay in business off of $20-$40/month?

Well, low bandwidth, for DNS servers or something, like 2-6GB max, would make good DNS.

Also good low volume storage, could expand the price with more bandwidth, or maybe offer clusters of computers for more bandwidth.

I see.:)

But where would you find a Pentium 166????

Oh, I forgot to mention, I live, and have my business out in the boonies. It is a big disadvantage for bandwidth, but a real plus for space, and expense of products.

:eek: But where would you find a pentium 166??:eek:

Everywhere, used server, brand new never sold server, some old desktop PCs. And supplies for them are also everywhere.

Personally I have a stash of over 35 Pentium 166+ computers.
Some as much as 375Mhz.

Originally posted by mas3000
:eek: But where would you find a pentium 166??:eek:

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&ht=1&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&ebaytag1code=0&query=166+Mhz

I don't buy anything at ebay, most of it is crap.

This is my last post here, why continue this discussion?


I took it mas3000 was just joking around, maybe not, regardless I doubt you can find a place to host it for a reasonable price anyway.


(see it was my last post, I just edited this one to reply to you!)

Just trying to help mas

last week for $50.00, loaded RH 7.3 on it and Apache 2.0 to play with .

Originally posted by ClusterMania
Just trying to help mas
Thanks ClusterMania. I was looking at EBay before too.

Monte,
Were did you get it for $50?

some guy had it for sale imagine my surprise when I got it home and found out it had 2, 2gig drives in it. I bought it thinking it only had one.:D

So for $70.00 I have a pretty decent development platform for testing scripts and playing with configs and stuff.