What do you think is better?

[codyrush]

Which do you think would have the best performance for vBulletin:

A shared server with 254 domains and a Dual Pentium III 850 processor or a dedicated server with only 1 domain (obviously) and a single Pentium 166 (32MB RAM)?

Both running Red Hat Linux 6.2, Apache 1.3.4, 5-DC3 & 10-T1; I'm not sure about the RAM on the shared servers.

Let me know if you could.

Thanks,
Cody Rush

[werehere]

Well that "dedicated server" is not really up to todays standards. So really you are simply talking about a normal shared server, or a VERY low grade dedicated server.

I am also not sure how well a database application would perform on such a slow machine with lack of ram. It probably would not do well.

[codyrush]

That is the exact reason why I brought this thread up. The dedicated server is really low end (and low priced at only $59 a month.)

Cody

[eva2000]

well if low end servers are what you want, i got a RaQ3 AMD K6 300 mhz with 32mb, 10gb hdd, 31 ips and 100gb/month for US$109/month from 4webspace/tera-byte.com - but you have to installl mysql and php4 yourself like i did or pay them to do it

they also have a RaQ4 AMD K6 450, 128mb, 2x 20gb eide hdd with 100gb/month for US$220/month with php4 on it but you still need to install mysql

my vB forum is sitting by itself on a Dual P3 800 (temp server)server right now and it ain't breaking a sweat at my lowly peaks of 80+ users.

[Chris Schreiber]

A Pentium-166 with 32MB of RAM will not be able to run anything well, especially not a database application/web server. You need a minimum of 64 just to run the Linux OS / Apache / MySQL... and if you expect any traffic at all you'll need at least 128MB of RAM.