Moving from one server to two?

[BrandiDup]

Originally Posted by davide101

BrandiDup, what are the specs on the server that you're abandoning? We are quickly growing into our quadcore server with 2gig of RAM and I'm trying to predict what the upgrade cycle might look like. At what point is it less cost-effective to get a powerful single server and two moderate servers make more sense?

Our current server specs are

AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core 5000+
OS: Linux - CentOS 4
Memory: 4GB DDR2 SDRAM
Hd1: 160GB 7200RPM SATA / 8MB Cache
Hd2: 160GB 7200RPM SATA / 8MB Cache

We're looking at probably just adding a second one like this. I need to do a bit more research before making a final decision. I'm somewhat server stupid.

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Originally Posted by snakes1100

There are a lot of variables in moving to a two server setup and what you have now may just need to be tweaked to live a bit longer as a single server setup, a RAM upgrade is cheaper that getting another server regardless, but again, the server your on may have a RAM limitation at the mobo level as well.

Splitting the servers is easy in that aspect, its just a matter of copying data, tweaking mysql (typically a 4 day task), setting up the nic's, changing config.php and away you go.

@brandi, ill give you a hint, it has 1100 on the end....

There you are! I was thinking you were 1001. Yeah, I need to pester you again when ever you get a chance. I need to be advised by the wise one, as to what I should do. :erm: This is definitely not my forte! Heh...