Re: unix system

A 'minimum' is hard to recommend with out usage requirements. The minimum specs really depend on what you're doing with it - intranet? public web server? how much traffic do you expect? You don't state an OS preference here, but I'd think hardware requirements would be similar for both unix/linux and windows. For a production machine I'd go with something with at least 512 megs and a 700mhz or higher processor (dual would be nice but definitely not required). Multiple drives would also be a plus - not necessarily in a RAID config, just muliples. Put MySQL on one drive, and Apache on the other. The large RAM (768 is even nicer) can definitely help with keeping things in memory. Use mmap with apache to keep your graphics in RAM, and/or use HEAP table with session stuff in MySQL to keep those tables in RAM as well. Scott Novinger wrote: > what are the minimum hardware requirements one would suggest for setting > up a web server running php, mysql, and apache? > > thank you, > > scott > scott.novinger@airborne.com >