Server Specs

[minnseoelite]

I decided to get me a managed dedicated server and am wondering about what I should go for as far as hardware is concered. I dont have a huge budget so I can't go all out but would like something that could last me till I at least get to the 20k mark. Going to be hosting 2 msrs sites on them. Need to know about

1. CPU - dual core/single core/speed
2. How much RAM
3. RAID Option
4. Anything else I need to look at

[minnseoelite]

surely someone has some recommendations on this.....even if its based off your own server setup......

[miller2348]

I've been around the 30 to 50K mark with my server and it's worked great. I have:
1 Dual Core Xeon 5130 Woodcrest 2 GHz Processor
2GB Memory
2 x 73GB Scsi drives in Raid 1

It's been fine with the load for me. Hope that helps some.

[NYCBORN]

get a dual core and raid 1 for mirroring and you should be all set.

[Kasami2k4]

Opterons outperform xeons =) Get one of those instead
Dual hammer

[minnseoelite]

Opterons outperform xeons =) Get one of those instead
Dual hammer


Yea I am a die hard AMD fan myself. I know that the new desktop Intels beat AMD but the Opterons still smoke Intel in a server config.

[NYCBORN]

literally smoke them if you know what i mean.

[barcodeunit]

i am using wiredtree with a single dual core processor P4 with 3GB of memory... it's more than enough. We are a little over 20K right now. I recommend wiredtree.. awesome technical support 24/7.

[pimpmaspace]

20k uniques? You could get a 3.0ghz p4 with 1gb of ram and a SATA drive and easily push 35,000 uniques per day and 300,000 page views.

All of these recommendations are ridiclious. Spend the least amont of money needed to run you're sites while still leaving a little room for expansion. A dual processor operton or xeon system with dual scsi drives and 4gb of ram is WAY WAY WAY more then you need to run an MSRS site.

[minnseoelite]

i was thinking of using a 3.0ghz Pentium D with 1gb of ram and 2 80gb SATA drives (one for backups)

[idzone]

20k uniques? You could get a 3.0ghz p4 with 1gb of ram and a SATA drive and easily push 35,000 uniques per day and 300,000 page views.

All of these recommendations are ridiclious. Spend the least amont of money needed to run you're sites while still leaving a little room for expansion. A dual processor operton or xeon system with dual scsi drives and 4gb of ram is WAY WAY WAY more then you need to run an MSRS site.

I totally agree. A 3.0 ghz p4 will be enough for you for 50-70k uniques per day.

[MyspaceGeeks]

MyspaceGeeks.com server runs on:

4x Seagate \ 750GB:SATA:7200RPM \ ST3750640AS
6x Generic \ 1024 MB \ DDR 400 ECC Reg
4x AMD \ 265 - dual core - 1.8ghz \ Opteron 265

Costs me $1,600 a month, including platinum managed services at the data center and an extra outside company managing the server 24/7/365.

:D

[fr0zen]

MyspaceGeeks.com server runs on:

4x Seagate \ 750GB:SATA:7200RPM \ ST3750640AS
6x Generic \ 1024 MB \ DDR 400 ECC Reg
4x AMD \ 265 - dual core - 1.8ghz \ Opteron 265

Costs me $1,600 a month, including platinum managed services at the data center and an extra outside company managing the server 24/7/365.

:D

That truly shows how much you don't know. You're wasting your money. Those 4 sites (myspacegeeks, nippletits, farkie...) your hosting on your server could run off a server 1/10th the power of that.

[hytekjosh]

In many cases, RAID is only necessary if you need the performance gain (RAID 5 or 10). Do not rely on raid for "backups." Instead get a secondary drive to backup to and then offsite the backups from the secondary drive to an offsite data bank.

[minnseoelite]

In many cases, RAID is only necessary if you need the performance gain (RAID 5 or 10). Do not rely on raid for "backups." Instead get a secondary drive to backup to and then offsite the backups from the secondary drive to an offsite data bank.


Well I know it does deliver a very slight perfomance hit but rather than doing backups to a second drive why not just use Raid 1 which will mirror the info from the first drive onto the second on. Then if the first drive fails all they have to do is hot swap the drives and your back up and running. Of course I would still do an offsite backup as well

[Ajay]

Well I know it does deliver a very slight perfomance hit but rather than doing backups to a second drive why not just use Raid 1 which will mirror the info from the first drive onto the second on. Then if the first drive fails all they have to do is hot swap the drives and your back up and running. Of course I would still do an offsite backup as well

if you are looking for an economic backup solution, steadfast offers 10gigs of offsite backup for free.

[mincioni]

for 20k uniques, you could start off with a low end single processor ded. server w/1gb and if you notice too much load you can always upgrade it later. i would go with raid 1 though. softlayer can do the data transfer and upgrade to a new server in less than an hour.

[PGZ]

MyspaceGeeks.com server runs on:

4x Seagate \ 750GB:SATA:7200RPM \ ST3750640AS
6x Generic \ 1024 MB \ DDR 400 ECC Reg
4x AMD \ 265 - dual core - 1.8ghz \ Opteron 265

Costs me $1,600 a month, including platinum managed services at the data center and an extra outside company managing the server 24/7/365.

:D

Yes you are TOTALLY wasting your money. Are you with Steadfast ??

If you wanna save $1300 a month you can run all your sites on a $300 server EASY.

Something you should consider.

[minnseoelite]

Yes you are TOTALLY wasting your money. Are you with Steadfast ??

If you wanna save $1300 a month you can run all your sites on a $300 server EASY.

Something you should consider.

I would agree on that one especially since it took them 4 days to fix a dead hard drive and transfer everything that is just nuts

[mincioni]

1,300/mo?? Youch!

I would get a $300/mo ded. server and pocket that extra 12 grand every year.

Yummy. :)