server question

[harlyman]

Hello all zenners...


Since my store are getting big (250000++ products) i need to build a complete new server, and since this one will only run zen-cart i need to build it up around this application, so i need tips about recomended hardware, and if there is any tricks to optimize apache, php and mysql to run this site as fast as possible, im no noobe to linux etc so no need to give me a book to read, its just that all website systems has there own way to be run by apache/php and might need extra modules configured in.

question is what is recomended that i do configure apache and php with to run zen-cart fast?

Regards.

[kobra]

Where do you intend to home this new server?

[harlyman]

Where do you intend to home this new server?

If you refer to the internet connection, do not think about that, its way big enough and will not be a problem

[harlyman]

Is there anyone that have some ideas around this?

[kobra]

im no noobe to linux etc so no need to give me a book to read

This is a DB intensive application as many other scripts are

so i need tips about recomended hardware

As much horsepower as you can afford

if there is any tricks to optimize apache, php and mysql to run this site as fast as possible

Everything you could need, you can find at these sites
Hosts that develop a configuration for a specific hardware platform invest a great amount of time in tuning the settings and are not going to share these as they view it as an investment/property
http://php.net/
http://www.mysql.com/
http://www.apache.org/

If you refer to the internet connection, do not think about that

You espouse to have complete knowledge about this...