Server Hardware will affect server performance.
As a server owner you should try to have excellent hardware for your server, you should selecting correct hardware for your server so that you would get optimum performance. There are many server hardware vendors such as Dell, IBM, HP, SUN etc……
Dell is the primary Dedicated server hardware vendor and provide you excellent hardware thus is popular and is used at many datacenters. Its your choice and budget to get hardware from any vendor.
Network card : Network card is an important hardware for your server which will affect your server network connectivity. Its always recommended to have a better quality NIC cards as your NIC is your connection to the Internet, thus you would get better network speed and would save your labor charges if you have to replace your network card.
Processor : It’s the most important part of your server, it’s the base for processing all request so higher the processor power you have with your server more faster would all queries be responded thus your website would run very smoothly. As technology is improving you can get hi-fi processors such as dual core, quad core, core 2 duo etc… at much cheaper rate. Depending on your website traffic and applications you have on your website you should opt for most perfect processor.
Memory : Selecting specific amount of memory for your server would vary depending on your requirements. Server hardware cost are getting reduce day by day and you can get excellent hardware at much cheaper rates, so you should always try to have enough RAM for your server as it will increase your server performance and will respond to all users and connections without any delay.
Hard Drives : Server diskspace plays an important role for storing data and webfiles on your server, higher the harddrive space you have on your server more the data can be stored on your server. Hard drives generally come in speeds of 5400, 7200, 10,000, and 15,000 RPM. RPM is rotation per minute, so greater the number more faster will be the data is accessed. So you should get your harddrive with maximum RPM so that data can be fetched more faster from your server. There are different types of harddrive such as SCSI, IDE and SAS, SAS being the best drive type though it cost you more but you will get excellent performance. Thus if you are looking for getting better server performance you should always go with excellent server hardware with reliable server hardware vendor.
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