Hello, I need some infos about servers. I read that I have to have 2 servers to run my website: 1 for the website and 1 for the files.
At the moment I have only one server which support website + files.
This server has those specs :
Processor type : Intel Xeon E5620
Processor speed : 2400 Mhz
RAM : 8 GB
Hard disks : 4x 1TB SATA
My question is, what kind of server I need to use for the files ? What specs ? Do I need to configure it like the main server or I can start using it wihtout setting anything ?
Thanks a lot
XFileSharing Pro - Server questions
Depends on the port. If you go for 100MBps servers then you can use almost anything, Atom servers will use an entire 100MBps port no problems with 4 HDDs.
Anything more than 100MBps and you'll need to up the CPU and RAM, I personally use the current generation Intel E3-1230 v2 in my 25TB file servers with 16GB RAM and they serve 80% full GBit 24/7.
If you want encoding of media then you need a powerful CPU, preferably two Xeon's. GBit servers also generally require a little tuning to get the most out of them however I use FreeBSD instead of Linux.
Anything more than 100MBps and you'll need to up the CPU and RAM, I personally use the current generation Intel E3-1230 v2 in my 25TB file servers with 16GB RAM and they serve 80% full GBit 24/7.
If you want encoding of media then you need a powerful CPU, preferably two Xeon's. GBit servers also generally require a little tuning to get the most out of them however I use FreeBSD instead of Linux.