Hardware / Bandwidth / Users
I have been reading a great deal of posts in these forums over the last few days and now have some questions of my own to ask regarding dedicated server configurations and such. Im looking at leasing a dedicated server with the following configuration.
Intel Pentium III 750 Mhz
512 MB SDRAM
50 GB EIDE
Dual Embedded 10/100 NICs
RedHat 6.2
My first question has to do with bandwidth. Is there a maximum amount of bandwidth a sepcific hardware setup can reasonably handle? If so, what would that max limit be for the above config?
How many users can live comfortably on a server with the above configuration? What can be added to increase the number of users per server?
Is there a bandwidth to user ratio i should consider when looking at amounts of bandwidth offered with an account? If i have 500 users and i offer my users 5 GB with their accounts, how much bandwidth should i actually be sure to have so my users receive what they pay for? Also, is there any way of tracking bandwidth usage for non-ip virtual host accounts?
Thanks for your help!
