Re: best OS platform for low memory, php/mysql web server

----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Hobson" <tedhobson@hotmail.com> To: <php-install@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 9:31 AM Subject: [PHP-INST] best OS platform for low memory, php/mysql web server > So, I've tried using Red Hat 7.0 to get a php/mysql enabled web server > running on a PII 266 system with a whoping 16M ram. It has been a chore to > say the least. Red Hat really seems to have some issues here. The RPMs don't > work and installing from source doesn't work. Is there a better version of > Linux out there for me to run this kind of a system on? Should I just bite > the bullet and get more memory and possibly a licenced version of a linux > server package? Any input is more than welcome. > > thanks > Ted. I suggest you try FreeBSD (www.freebsd.org). It's not Linux, but it is a free Unix, and in my experience it tends to outperform Linux, especially in low-memory situations. I actually managed to get Apache/PHP/MySQL to *compile* on a 486 with 8 MB RAM. (it took a couple of days of compiling, but it completed). Now that was PHP3, and MySQL 3.22, and I know the later versions of each require more memory, but it should still be possible with 16 MB RAM. Just don't try to run an X desktop at the same time. Also remember that MySQL has a --with-low-memory compile option. HTH Rick