Recently, I've been putting some thought into getting another box to run as a server. The problem is I don't have a lot of $$$ 'cause of the money being funnelled straight from my paycheck into school. From this server, I'd like to be able to fiddle with Perl, server side Java, Everything, and run an FTP server. I'd like to run a flavor of Linux such as Redhat 7.1 or Mandrake 7.2.

Given these specifications, what's the minimum CPU speed, ammount of RAM, and hard drive RPM I should have? I don't expect to have much more then 20 active users at any given time, if even that much. Even so, I don't want it lagging or running slow.

Any suggestions for brand specific hardware? (Pentium vs. Athalon, yada yada).
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In reply to Ultimate Server, Minimal Currency by agent00013

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