server load

[ndruw]

i was wondering how it would stand up against all the services i want to run on it

i plan on buying an 800mhz via CPU +512mb RAM to run as an internet server on my network. I will be running linux on it, and i wanted to use it for a firewall in a

internet - via server - my network

setup. i wanted to know if that CPU + RAM would be powerful enough to run the following:

linux-based firewall
personal FTP server
mail server
Web server (http) hosting 4-5 small sites

is 800mhz + 512 mb RAM enough juice to power all of this?

 

[EatSpam]

Yes.

But it would run better if you got the EPIA SP13000 or the VT310-DP....

 

[ndruw]

actually im a little cheap to buy a mini-itx one - this is a VIA barebone on newegg.com...but thx for answering my question

 

[Nothinman]

The only problem area will be the websites. PHP, Perl, etc can take a lot of CPU time and since you've only got 1 CPU they might slow down the other services if they get heavily loaded. The mail server might be a problem if you add virus and spam scanning, but if you don't want to do that simple mail transactions are virtually free resource-wise.

 

[nweaver]

As nothingman said, depends on sites mostly. Complexity and load are the big ones. Make sure you install/run without an X server running.

 

[ndruw]

i plan on using this board
terminator
to build the server out of, but maybe id be better suited to find a dual p3 on ebay?

i really wanted it for the low power usage, but i can always use on to make a file server and a dualie p3 as my server (yes, i plan on running spam/AV for the email, but nothing complicated on the websites).

 

[smashp]

I run a M0n0wall. runs fine on a p2-400, 128 mb of ram (no hd needed)

I run it on a p3-733 sff with 256mb of ram.