Optimum hardware for running nginx?

Server NGINX
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Hi,

Does anyone have any experience choosing the best dedicated hardware
to run nginx on ?

I’m considering using nginx for a medium-trafficked site (around 500
connections per minute) and am interested in:

  • How much memory would be wise to go for (2GB, 4GB, 8GB) ?
  • Does nginx gain any advantages from multi-processor and/or
    multi-core systems ?
  • Does nginx run more smoothly on one flavour of Linux over
    another ?
  • Does SCSI/IDE have any bearing ?

Plus any other hardware tips from people using nginx in production
would be welcome.

Thanks.

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That kind of application are you running?

Static ? If so, how many files, low large on average
Dynamic ? What kind of app are your proxying (rails/mongrel, python,
php, etc)

Dave