Re: Advice on new Hardware/OS for Apache HTTP Server

On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 13:36:19 -0700, Wendy S <wendywds@hotmail.com> wrote:
>We're currently running Apache HTTP Server on HP-UX (A class machine). It's
>getting to the end of its life, and we're looking to move to something
>that's a little easier to get help with. (HP lags behind with releases of
>Apache & Tomcat, and we've never been brave enough to try to compile Apache
>ourselves.)

oh you shouldn't fear self-compiling. it's not very hard and the end result
is a binary that you can really trust!

>I'm partial to Redhat, it's what I use at home and there's certainly a large
>user community. Solaris I'm less familiar with.

i'm running a very large website (10 million pages a day, all full of PHP
and database calls) on a cluster of HP DL380 G3's with dual 2.8ghz xeon,
4G ram, redhat 7.3, apache 2. it's a *very* powerful configuration,
certainly beats any sun offering hands down in terms of price/performance.

go with the linux/intel. it will handle anything you throw at it.

-rs-