[gzhou]

Hi,

I am looking for recommended specifications/requirements for buying a rack server PCs. I want to purchase two server PCs with rack size of 1U. One for a database to store information on clients, merchandise, sales, etc. And another for hosting a website that deals in selling merchandise. For the website server, I want it to be able to support a projection of 1 million viewers a day. This is for a small business and hoping to expand into the enterprise level.

I am looking to buy from Dell.com as I like their support, and the PCs that I am interested in buying are the Dell PowerEdge Rack Server series for 1U rack size. I would like to know recommended software/hardware for these servers, such as processor (would I need 2 sockets or will 1 suffice?), RAM , HDD size and perhaps version of the Windows server OS.

I am new to server building, so I apologize if the information I have given is insufficient. If that is that case, can you please post what other information would be needed or what I should be considering.

Thank you for your time.

[paullopez]

Wouldn't it be simpler just to purchase dedicated servers from any reputable web host?