Looking for average number of vhosts for a server.

Not looking for a magic number but real life cases so I can get an idea

[eduardo]

I'm trying to figure what is a reasonable average for a number of virtual hosts that can be run without the server being under heavy load.

I understand how broad this question is, but then, how do ISPs that sell hosting accounts calculate the number of virtualhosts they can have on each server?

I'm about to rent a dedicated server, a dual 2.6ghz xeon with 2gb Ram and scsi drives. I would like to estimate the number of virtualhosts that I can have in it. I won't run any dynamic or database driven sites on the server, basically is just static content.

Can anyone share some numbers, cases or experiences? Any pointers are greatly appreciated.

[ddent]

If it is just static content, then A LOT. Quite a lot.

If it gets to be a concern, look in to setting up thttpd if it works with the way you are doing your sites. Some people run a seperate server for their images with it (or in some cases, a version of apache with almost no modules loaded.