RE: [PHP-INST] PHP4+MySQL+Apache in 8MB of RAM on a 486 (2.2 Linux Kernel)--am I nuts?

Thanks Bruce and Josh, Even though it may be technically possible I think it would be better to wait and use a more powerful machine. I'll also start researching how I could implement complete redundancy (i.e. two boxes where the data is concurrently updated on both. Ideally it would be great if one box fails that another one could be plugged in and the working box would bring the other one up to date. Bit of a pipedream but not beyond the realms of possibility). Regards, Adam -----Original Message----- From: zcat@i4free.co.nz [mailto:zcat@i4free.co.nz] Sent: Monday, 25 December 2000 7:48 p.m. Cc: php-install@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-INST] PHP4+MySQL+Apache in 8MB of RAM on a 486 (2.2 Linux Kernel)--am I nuts? > Subject: [PHP-INST] PHP4+MySQL+Apache in 8MB of RAM on a 486 (2.2 Linux > Kernel)--am I nuts? > I wonder if anyone has tried such a combination (of PHP4 + MySQL + Apache) > on what would be a very low-end machine (with a small database). Until recently, our 'production' server was a P120 with a fairly light amount of ram, running apache+php+mysql. It coped quite well. Not a huge website but we do get a few hits and almost all our pages make heavy use of php/mysql. otoh; a 486 with 8M or ram is probably a little on the 'light' side.. It might OK if you're prepared to do a custom kernel, and kill off all the extra stuff (X11, sendmail, etc). And if you have a really small number of hits. I'd suggest a 486DX4-120 or P100 with 32M as an absolute minimum myself. -- PHP Install Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-install-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-install-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net