Running apache server on old iMac?

ksv

ksv

web developer
Does anyone have any experience on running an apache server in 10.2 on a first-generation 233 MHz iMac? The server is probably normally going to have 30-40 simultaneous connections on http, maybe 10 of them browsing php sites. Will response times and download speeds be acceptable, or should I go for a faster system?
 
My server machine is a 7500/233 with 128MB of RAM and 6GB of storage, attached to an ADSL line via 10Base-T Ethernet. It handles the web server load just fine.

The Darwin core and apache are extremely effecient, as you would expect from any UNIX variant. It is only the Aqua GUI that is slow. If you are doing everything via the CLI (either at the console itself, or via SSH), that should be a perfectly acceptable server machine for the loads you describe.
 
Originally posted by gatorparrots
My server machine is a 7500/233 with 128MB of RAM and 6GB of storage, attached to an ADSL line via 10Base-T Ethernet. It handles the web server load just fine.

The Darwin core and apache are extremely effecient, as you would expect from any UNIX variant. It is only the Aqua GUI that is slow. If you are doing everything via the CLI (either at the console itself, or via SSH), that should be a perfectly acceptable server machine for the loads you describe.
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Thanks a lot :)
I'm going to put the machine in an other case, up the RAM to 288 MB, replace the HD with a 100 GB and probably overclock it a little if it shows to be stable. So I think it will make a great server :)
 
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