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webcrawler2050 · 01-01-2009, 17:16

Well. the power, shouldnt be an issue too much..

Our dell R200 (Rackmount) run at about 0.6AMps constantly, they use just short of 1AMP on boot.

Personally, to make this work "properly" you are going to need 3 PC / Servers to load balance, well, to get the true benefits from a load balancer.

There is a much simpler way of doing this.. I think..

Use your DSL Modem, slap a router / switch on the end. Saves the exspense of two modems etc.

For a webserver, I would never, ever, ever, touch Windows, its simply pants and the new version of Server 2008 will only allow for 64bit..

Personally and this is personally, I would slap A centos Distro on the machine(s) with Apache, works far superior.

Just my 2 cents worth..

01-01-2009, 17:16	#4
webcrawler2050 Inactive Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Swindon Services: TiVo 110MB BB Phone Line Posts: 3,087	Re: PC for Firewall/Load Balancer Well. the power, shouldnt be an issue too much.. Our dell R200 (Rackmount) run at about 0.6AMps constantly, they use just short of 1AMP on boot. Personally, to make this work "properly" you are going to need 3 PC / Servers to load balance, well, to get the true benefits from a load balancer. There is a much simpler way of doing this.. I think.. Use your DSL Modem, slap a router / switch on the end. Saves the exspense of two modems etc. For a webserver, I would never, ever, ever, touch Windows, its simply pants and the new version of Server 2008 will only allow for 64bit.. Personally and this is personally, I would slap A centos Distro on the machine(s) with Apache, works far superior. Just my 2 cents worth..