Servers

[Charles Yao]

On 8/30/06, Gérard BIGOT <gerard.bigot at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 8/30/06, Richard Brown <rich at cregy.co.uk> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> <snip/>
> >
> > Also I wondered whether folks would separate the servers at all. It
> doesn't
> > seem to me to be asking a server too much to do the above tasks!
> >
> I think it's not a question of server load, here. It's a question of
> what you can lose. If you got a server crash, can you render your
> company effectively jobless, I mean without 1, 2 and 3 at the same
> time? If you could get more servers, and spread the services on those
> services, you'll spread the risks.
>
> You could get even less expensive servers. My internal web server
> serves 500 people and runs on a Pentium III, 800MHz. And nobody knows.
>
> It just means a bit more maintenance on your side.
>
> G.
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Except for power costs. More servers = more power consumption.
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sometimes lose everything becuase the thing you bought was incapable of
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