Single or Dual CPU: Moving from W2K to Linux

Hello:

I am coming over from the dark side and plan on leasing a dedicated Linux server to replace the 2 box IIS/MSSQL Server set-up we currently use. Here is the traffic I expect out of the shoot:

*2 medium traffic websites - 50,000+ page views per day - all dynamically generated with heavy MySQL/PHP calls

* 8 very small websites - less than 2,000 page views each, also dynm. generated with MySQL/PHP

Will I have any problems running this on this box:

P4 1600MHz
1GB DDR Ram
60GB IDE

Or would I be MUCH better off with a dual CPU machine right out of the shoot? If a single CPU machine is sufficient, how many more 50,000+ page view sites as described above could this box handle?

Thanks for any info.

Tim

p.s. I know this is a somewhat difficult question to answer, but hopefull the specs I outlined can help with a general idea of what performance I could expect.

 

 

 

 

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