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I want to try to keep this real simple, I'm just looking for a general idea of how much it would cost to build a decent modern server. It's OK if some of the parts aren't the most expensive choice:
-designed for Unix/Apache as a web-server
-hard drive (80g is plenty for now)
-cpu speed around 3.0
or, even easier, if your up to date on this, who sells the best quality (somewhat cheap), basic, passable, brand new web-servers? Price range?
Thank you.
Matt
could cost you anywhere from 1K to 50K, it really depends on the spec for the app it is going to be running
Is this a test/development server (on which you will develop and test a website for deployment on a shared/rented server elsewhere), or a production server? If it's a production server, do you have some unique requirement to own and maintain the hardware yourself? It's probably better not to, and you might want to reconsider.
Where will it be located? In your office? At a remote co-location site?
What are your reliability requirements? Do you have a maximum down-time reqirement? Again, this has a lot more to do more with logistics (who maintains the hardware, where is it, etc.?) than the brand of the hardware.
It depends what you want to use it for.
If your looking for a entry level web / database server. Dell's 1850 aren't bad.
Runs on but not included
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Windows ServerŪ 2003 R2,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T
Are you ready for this! $499 US
