[Qgis-developer] advise for a server

[Alex Mandel]

On 05/29/2012 04:58 AM, Denis Rouzaud wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I will by a new server to host the postgis DB and probably qgis server.
> I will not have more than 4 people working on the DB via QGIS at the
> same time. For the server, I'll probably have something like max 10-20
> users at the same time.
> 
> I have pretty no idea on what is important to choose as characteristics.
> My approximate budget is something around 4 to 6000 $ and I am tied with
> HP.
> 
> Do you have any suggestion?
> Memory? Processor? As I think the storage needs are not huge, is it
> worth using a SSD?
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> 
> Denis
> 

GIS Data is always more than you expect. You can do 1x SSD 120 GB for OS
and tilesets and then a 1x 2-3TB SATA drive. 16GB ram minimum, any
decent 4 or 8 core processor should do (get faster clock speed to make
your queries/wms faster). Base price for what I just described should
only run about $2500. So you can easily add another storage drive and
ram until you hit your budget.

Enjoy,
Alex