OScommerce Server Load?

[Justec]

I have a client that is using shared hosting now and are unhappy. I don't want to put them on my shared hosting b/c one of the 3 sites gets over 200k in unique visits a month and is about 350 GB of BW.

I'm looking at getting a basic dedicated box Sempron 3000+ with 1 gig of ram.
There will be another site on there with about 10k unique visits and only 15GB of transfer.

I dont have experience on how much load OScommerce would put on a server with that kind of traffic, but I think if it was able to work on a shared host then it should be okay.

Thoughts?

Thanks,

[Host-Us]

It depends on if all the request are for static or dynamic files, etc.
How is the database setup, how big is it, etc.

I mean, 200,000 a month is not that big. It is at peak traffic going to be ~10 request per minute, which a shared server should be able to handle without issue if setup and maintained properly.

The key is going to be the MySQL requirments, and what type of disk I/O you have now. I mean a Sempron 3000+ would be overkill for the site.

If you have any question or need help, let me know and I will be glad to help.

[Justec]

Yeah, I've decided to go with this setup which can be easily upgraded with more ram and a 3500+ AMD64 if needed.

Thanks for the reply.