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Building a Better Webserver

Posted by michael on from the slashdot-will-beat-a-path-to-your-door dept.

msolnik writes: "The guys over at Aces' Hardware have put up a new article going over the basics, and not-so-basics, of building a new server. This is a very informative, I think everyone should devote 5 minutes and a can of Dr Pepper to this article."

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  1. Best webserver to generate traffic by Typingsux · · Score: 4, Funny
    Get IIS and no code red patch.
    Instant traffic to your site, no advertising!

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    The above post is an editorial, the poster cannot and will not be held responsible for all or in part for it's contents
  2. Offtopic XBox server by SilentChris · · Score: 2, Funny
    Offtopic somewhat, but some people are halfway there to upgrading the XBox to a decent Linux server.

    Note this article for information on connecting USB keyboards and mice, what shorting the debug pins does on the keyboard, and replacing that measly ATA33 hard drive cable with an ATA100 (surprise, surprise: it actually increased performance :) ).

  3. talking about better web server. by 2Bits · · Score: 2, Funny
    If you have a slashdot-proof server, that's a better web server.

  4. I usually... by nll8802 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I usually get a decent speed processor PIII 800, a really fast scsi drive or raid (Depending on the site), 512MB of ram ( Or more depending on the site ), and a copy of Slackware.

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  5. Am I the only one... by Schwamm · · Score: 2, Funny

    who couldn't figure out at first why Ace Hardware put up information about a new webserver?

  6. Down already? by ParisTG · · Score: 2, Funny

    Should we really be taking advice on building a web server from someone who's server crashes under /.s load?

  7. Just a can by VFVTHUNTER · · Score: 3, Funny

    of Dr. Pepper? I expect to go through a whole case waiting for the slashdot effect to wear off...

  8. What have we learned? by Defiler · · Score: 2, Funny

    The moral of this story:
    If your website is dynamically generated from a database, and your name isn't Amazon.com, don't let Slashdot link to you.
    A single $999 box isn't going to stand up to Slashdot, unless every page is static.

  9. smoke test by anasophist · · Score: 2, Funny

    brag up new server
    kind soul links us from slashdot
    looks like we eat crow

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  10. Re:argh, server performance vs BANDWIDTH by Ratbert42 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...it doesn't matter how many Crays they have running their webserver farm...


    You've obviously never worked with Java.