Downgrading hardware: Need your experience with hardware/load capacity
I have a consulting client that wants to outsource the hosting of their fairly busy ecommerce site. They got a monster web server (4 CPU & 3.5GB RAM) when they launched the site. And used a separate 2 CPU 2MB RAM box for the SQL Server. We need to downgrade their setup to a point where it will handle the load while minimizing costs.
Ive been monitoring the web server for several hours and is it basically idling (I may not be able to gain access to the SQL Server). Here are the latest stats
1,184,117,551 average bandwidth/hour
54,267 average hits/hour
4% average CPU
3,050MB average Available Memory
113 average Concurrent Connections (IIS)
At worst, those stats can double during the holiday season.
Im thinking of replacing both servers with ONE Dell PowerEdge 430
Pentium 3.0GHz Dual Core CPU
2 GB RAM
What are your thoughts?
On a side (but related) note: Do you ever stress test a web application to determine the proper hardware for it? If so, what do you use to stress test?
Thanks.
