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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=717263122-02072007>Hi
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=717263122-02072007>I'm currently
running my Hobbit server/Apache on Linux-based Dell Dimension desktop with
the following:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=717263122-02072007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=717263122-02072007># grep MemTotal
/proc/meminfo<BR>MemTotal: 2075380 kB<BR># grep
name /proc/cpuinfo<BR>model name : Intel(R)
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz<BR>#<BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=717263122-02072007>It's not even
breathing hard. It's just sitting there idle for the most part. (CPU
load 0.02, physical mem used 35%, real mem 12%, nothing ever
swapped)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=717263122-02072007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=717263122-02072007>I found some older
Sun hardware in the lab that I'm considering using as a replacement, but I don't
know how it's specs would compare. I'm not familiar with Sun/Sparc
hardware all that much. Can anyone comment on if what I've scrounged
up might be adequate? At most, I'd expect to eventually monitor
several dozen servers, but probably no more than 100.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=717263122-02072007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=717263122-02072007>Ultra
5</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN class=717263122-02072007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ultra 10 (350
MGz, 512 MB RAM)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>E420R (2 - 450 MHz CPUs, 2 GB
RAM)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=717263122-02072007><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Thanks!</FONT></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></FONT></BODY></HTML>