[donnacha]

Following feedback on this forum, I have decided to hedge my bets and start my new VB site with a less powerful/less expensive server set-up, with the option to upgrade to something better/more servers at a later date.

Will the following specs be enough to grow my community to a reasonable size? And where should I expect bottlenecks to occur?

2.4 Ghz Intel CELERON
80GB Hard Drive
1024MB RAM
1000GB of Bandwidth
5 IP's
FreeBSD

$79.00/mth, $99.00/setup

(Jumping up to an equivalent P4 2.8 800FSB would cost an extra $50/mth, would it really be worth the extra expense? Particularly when you consider I could almost get another Celeron and a whole new batch of bandwidth for the same money?)

The site itself won't be particularly graphicly intense, although I will be integrating a few hacks including either vBindex or vBadvanced HomePage.

The server will be used only for vB, no hosting or anything.

As ever, I appreciate all advice and opinions.

Thanks,

Donnacha