On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 07:54:25PM -0500, Bill Glidden wrote:
> I am wondering if there are any opinions on minimum processor speeds and/or
> ram amounts to run a decent linux installation, and if folks would be
> willing
> to share these opinions.
>
> I'm considering a Linux install for a friend's small retail establishment to
> function
> as a web/database server. Hardware cost is an issue.
>
> I'm just looking for anecdotal evidence: "I run RH 8.0 on a 450mhz P3 with
> 256mb, and
> it seems to work just fine", that kind of thing.
Someone mentioned running all this behind a firewall. Good point. I run
a firewall/router at home on a 486 with 12M RAM and no hard drive
(Coyote single-disk firewall/router distro).
As for your web/database server, I run one of these at work on a 133MHz
Pentium with 16M of memory. No problem. Probably the biggest speed
limiter with a database server is disk speed. In fact, that's the
bottleneck on almost all systems; it's the slowest part of a PC. But
unless you're looking at exceptionally heavy loads, I'd say a Pentium
(233MHz) and 64M would be more than adequate. Distro won't matter,
though kernel version might (older kernels had memory/swap issues).
Paul
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