V G wrote:
> It is primarily a web and
> file server via HTTP. I'm guessing that at peak, it will need to be
> able to serve 1000 or more people downloading one or more files at a
> time. This number could be wayyyy more or wayyy less, I've never done
> anything with servers before.
>

A good PC at the development time, I think. Later you could analyze
the bottlenecks and choose the appropriate hardware configuration.


> For this purpose (non intensive php pages, posgresql, and intensive
> file downloading server), how would I go about
> building/buying/commissioning such a server?
>

Posgresql should be placed on a separate hardware, I believe.
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