Ed Paris wrote:

> ... needs a system that can mimic our web hosting service provider so
> we can further develop our site.
I tried matching my shared hosting provider (he.net), and it was impossible
because they use an internally-customized Linux distribution based on Slackware
9.0.0.


In any case, my web development machine is an Intel Advanced/AS motherboard with
a Pentium 166/MMX, 96MB of RAM, and ~5MB hard drive.  I have another with 48 MB
that I use as a CVS server.  I'm running Apache 1.3, mod_perl 1.29, Perl 5.8.7,
MySQL 4, PHP (4?), and it works just fine.  I ssh into the boxes for
administration and development.  I run them headless, and can connect them into
a KVM when needed.


I'd just keep the hardware as-is, do a minimal install (without X Windows), and
add the specific packages you want (Apache, etc.).  You can always throw money
at it later if needed.


HTH,

David


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