Single/dual processor servers and ILLiad

[Dan Lester]

I need to do some picking of the fruits of wisdom found hereabouts.
Here's the scoop.

We're about to purchase the ILLiad system for ILL management, ILL
requests, and document delivery.  (We're doing all three now with
three other systems, and none are integrated. We lack the time or
inclination to reinvent the wheel now that ILLiad is affordable)

We're also about to purchase a new webserver for the library.  If I
were to buy two servers, they'd each run Win2K server, be on the order
of 600mhz P3s with 256-512mb of ram and plenty of disk.  They'll run
IIS5 for server (still really like WebSite, but....things change).
Library server will also have a bunch of ColdFusion on it for local
databases, etc.

However, I'm also considering buying one big box and running all of it
on a dual processor server.  Would save some money, be one less box to
manage, and "feels better".  However, I'm interested in the gotchas
that I'm not thinking of.

NOTE:  Please don't bother me with why I should use **ix or any
similar, why I should use PHP, Apache, etc.  Those aren't open for debate
in the real world I'm operating in.

Feel free to reply privately if you wish, though I'd personally rather
see the dialogue in public.

thanks

dan


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