Best server characteristics for Moodle

Best server characteristics for Moodle

by Mario Planas -
Number of replies: 3

Hi,

I am buying a server to host several moodle projects (about 5 moodles). I estimate to have 150 courses and 500 students running at the same time as maximum in this dedicated server.

Any one can recommend me which are the best characteristics for a server to host 5 moodles with this activity in term of:

Processor(s)
RAM
Storage
RAID
etc.

Regards,

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In reply to Mario Planas

Re: Best server characteristics for Moodle

by Pieterjan Heyse -
You can stick with 1 server, so it needs to be quite sturdy.


Processor(s) : Dual opteron, as fast as you can afford
RAM : at least 2 gig, get 4 if you have the cash
Storage : I'm running such a setup with a 74GB WD Raptor, only using 20% but it depends on your cours contents.
RAID : get at least a RAID 1 with hotspare. You don't want your entire setup to go down due to one disk crash
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Re: Best server characteristics for Moodle

by Mario Planas -

Thanks a lot Pieterjan!

I have asked a budget to DELL computers for a server with the following configuration:

  • Processor: Dual Xeon 3.0 GHz
  • RAM: 4 GB
  • Storage: 250 GB SATA 1 inch ( x 2)
  • RAID 1

What do you think?

Thanks,

Mario

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Re: Best server characteristics for Moodle

by Pieterjan Heyse -
This kind of setup is great to run moodle on for only 500 users, it should work like a charm.

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