Server Design

[ixon]

Hi

This is my first post :) w00t.

Anyways

I was wondering what hardware to go for when building a server.

This server will only do one thing, run a web page.

I want to go for amd and gigabyte for the motherboard. Is there anything I should be looking for?

Also what linux dist should I go for?

Any advice appreated, thanks

[viperlin]

webservers mainly need just RAM, lots of RAM. half decent CPU is nice for PHP.

i personally use Gentoo for servers & everything else, mainly because i can stay up-to-date quickly without going into development.
plus gentoo goes fast.

Debian is as stable as gentoo but the software is allmost allways out of date.

[roamingnomad]

Make sure you have a big enough hard drive to store all your pages, :D

[serz]

ixon, in what system were you thinking about?

As for the distro, check this (http://www.distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major) to see which one fits your necessaries.

[ixon]

Im thinking of building a amd system, gigabyte mb, athlon chip, all its gona be doing is web hosting and backups... But I want to intergrate it with windows systems as well.

I dont really know much about linux, so id appreate any help

[ixon]

I also wanted to know what sort of services I would want to run and how to make the box secure.... Its only serving web pages, I dont want an x windows etc etc... barebone...