> > 4) Connection to Internet - T1 or T3 and speed. - During testing period
> > prior to leasing a line whether telephone line can be used for testing
>
> Just a quick calculation:
>
> If you have a T1 (2MBit/s), you need to have at least(!) a sustained 37
> Hits per second at an average file size of 5kb to justify it. Processor
> speed will not be the bottleneck at this point. That means, to justify one
> T1, there have to be at least three to four people surfing on your line at
> any given time before the line is saturated.
T1 is 1.5 mega bits per second. Although you will never actually see that.
I would say that you should handle at least 100 users accessing the site
on a constant basis given the connect/disconnect nature of http..
If you are trying to start an isp on a t1 these days.. forget it.
In the old days.. 4-5 years ago.. a t1 was great. But now most decent
isps have t3's or better. And surfers are starting to demand it.
> > 5) Can also a Web Server be used as ISP (Mail) server
Sure but you run the risk of putting all your eggs in one basket.
But for a low budget situation this is fine.
> > 6) Any recommendation on software: - Apache or any others - Is box
> > available on market
Depends if you are handy with configuring things yourself
or you need commercial support? If you are the type that can
pick up a book and figure it out and are comfortable working
with text config files and the command line then go for apache.
Otherwise go with a server that has a gui config tool like netscape.
> > 7) Any recommendation on RAID and its utils
As the other poster said.. thsi would depend on the size but for
lower volume raid stuff.. maybe raid 1+0 ~50-100gig, the new raidtools
built into recent kernels work fine. 2.2.13ac..etc.. Beyond 100 gig
I would consider a hardware solution or netapp type appliance IMHO.
Mike
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