[ic] hardware recommendations

interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com
Fri Dec 14 18:59:01 2001


On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 11:59:11AM -0800, Dan Browning wrote:
> > List:
> > 
> > I'm looking for any hardware recommendations that this group
> > may have for a RH Linux server, with Apache and Interchange.
> > Only 1 or 2 vhosts; no other services.
> > 
> > Also are there any "formal" system requirements for Interchange.
> > 
> > Seth Stone
> > springboardgroup.com
> 
> SCSI disks are recommended (low latency, high throughput) as well as
> lots of RAM.  But, as always, your hardware needs depend on your load
> and catalog.  For low-end sites, even a duron 700 with 512mb RAM and a
> SCSI hdd can really serve up the pages fast.  HTH,
> 
> Dan Browning
> Kavod Technologies

Thanks for the info.  My system is grinding with a simple catalog on
IC 4.8.3, with Apache 1.3.22 and MySQL; it's a Celeron 900MHz and 128MB
of RAM.  It's purely a testing system, but performance is very low.  

Thanks again.

Seth Stone
springboardgroup.com