Server resources needed for a large elgg implementation

Hello

I am totally new to elgg and i have been tasked to implement a server for a potential amount of 10k users so i am wondering any special concerns i have to look on what server i need to get i was thinking on something like:

- Intel Nehalem Quad-Core Dual Xeon 2.13GHz E5506
- 16 GB RAM ddr3
- 1 TB storage (or maybe 2)
- 20 TB monthly bw

Wonder if this - with proper tunning - can withstand 10 or even 15k of users... any thougths on this are welcome.

Thank you. 

  • Managed or unmanaged no make diff to yr reqmts
    B/c unmanaged reqrs heavy brain work,
    Not for the kids.
    Sntivr pkgs x,xx, xl etc mean nohing
    Until you at real numbers Vs real workloads..
    A lot of variables....
    I do not have amagic formula.fpr.scalability
    And performance. ;- ) took us several months to tume our
    Server cpl.of yrs back...

  • Thanks Dhrup for taking time to reply.

    Because of all negative reviews on the web about 1&1 I was just curious do you guys have any problems with them ( uptime, network speeds, I/O, etc.), I understand their support is not the best but that is not as important as we will get unmanaged box and build it.

    which plan you guys have, I'm looking at XL 6 which is special now $99/month first year and gives 6 cores CPU and 16GB RAM which seems a steal but again depending on the uptime, reliability.

    Thanks.

  • General rule.=
    50K++ users --> split apache, mysql boxes
    100K++ users -> split apache. Mysql, Data boxes.

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