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phpBB forums and machine to run it

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 2:29 pm
by Calimero
Me and my questions :?:

Will we ever stop (or find another forum).


I wonder - how strong machine I would need to host this forum (this software), I need something like specification, with lets say 1000 reg. users and about 50 posts per day.

Don't know have I put this question right, but did my best "building" it.


So, admins, mod and other volunteers - shoot me - with your answers !
:)

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 3:17 pm
by John Cartwright
You wouldn't need a strong computer at all. Not anymore more than 733mhrz 256mb RAM for SOLID performance.

What you should be worried about is the speed of your connection. Nothing worse than a slow forum.

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 3:19 pm
by vigge89
also, a harddrive with atleast 2gb empty space is recommended ;)

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 3:31 pm
by Deemo
most likely, a solid connection wont be made with just a normal cable connection for such high a user number, however it is perfectly possible for a small forum with only about 50 members for instance

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 10:33 pm
by m3mn0n
Whatever the minimum requirements for Apache/PHP/MySQL is.

And a good connection, and server security is your biggest concern.

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:36 am
by twigletmac
Ditto, bandwith and security are the most important. Servers don't have to be particularily high-spec machines.

Mac

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Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 5:14 am
by Calimero
Ok new matters raised :?:

My machine would be

833 P III, 256 SDRAM, 6,4GB HDD, 1MB/s link to the net - shared with other machines / services I got on it - search engine and some other thing-ies.


So - is my connection speed enough (for this sized forum :D , or for how big)

And the security issue - what about that (I'm hit by this totaly blank.)

If I use phpBB forums - and that is the only thing on this machine, OS-Win2003,Apache 2,MySQL 4.0.18, PHP 4.3.4


NOTE - I remembered to ask, When the PHP 5 got out - its installer was not functioning well with mysql - I did entire setup to the manual, and my friend didn't use the installer and made it function (with the same parameters).

Does someone knows is the PHP 5 installer now functional on this problem???

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:13 pm
by m3mn0n
Connection not anything special, but it will suffice.

Google "[google]php apache server security tips tools[/google]", and/or related searches and you'll find a lot of info about securing your server and the potential dangers of running one.

Regarding PHP5 and MySQL, check this link, this link, and this link for more info. :)