Optimum hardware for running nginx ?

[Dave Cheney]

That kind of application are you running?

Static ? If so, how many files, low large on average
Dynamic ? What kind of app are your proxying (rails/mongrel, python,  
php, etc)

Dave

On 01/06/2008, at 10:44 AM, Chris wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Does anyone have any experience choosing the best dedicated hardware
> to run nginx on ?
>
> I'm considering using nginx for a medium-trafficked site (around 500
> connections per minute) and am interested in:
>
> - How much memory would be wise to go for (2GB, 4GB, 8GB) ?
> - Does nginx gain any advantages from multi-processor and/or
>  multi-core systems ?
> - Does nginx run more smoothly on one flavour of Linux over
>  another ?
> - Does SCSI/IDE have any bearing ?
>
> Plus any other hardware tips from people using nginx in production
> would be welcome.
>
> Thanks.
>
>