Re: Help with hardware choices

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Dale Scheetz wrote: (snippage throughout)

> I have been working for the Florida
> Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs.
>
> I am currently building a new database for the Division. It is web
> based Apache/php4/postgreSQL software that will allow Individuals and
> Organizations to view and update their personal information as well as
> view the status of their various grants and provide staff with
> view/edit screens to access the complete data set.
>
> I have been tasked with picking the hardware, and my feeling is that
> SPARC offers the best bang for the buck.
>  

Let me preface this by saying I have no idea what I'm talking about, but 
if it were me, I'd at least take a look at the Mac-mini (this site is 
doing web hosting on Minis - 
http://www.xrackhosting.com/machine.php?pid=dedicated_hosting) and/or 
the Xserve if you need that much horsepower.


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