New server, what to look for

[behosted]

Hey dudes,

comming days we take our new server into production
Dual Opteron 275HE
4GB DDR
4X 160GB SATA HD (RAID 5)
2 ip's
CentOS 4.x
cPanel

Now my question is, how can I maximize this server.
Wich software should I realy install for security, spam fighting, ...
For partitioning I was thinking for this setup
/boot 100mb
/swap 4GB
/var 1000mb
/ all the rest

Or any other sugestions?

 

[ramprage]

If you're not sure about security and what to install, I highly recommend you hire a Server Admin to do this for you. Don't skip the most important step in having a successful server.

 

[behosted]

Hey Ramrage,

offcourse, maybe my question wasn't clear.
I mean more about extra software that is usefull to use on a cPanel server, extra scripts, I dunno, maybe specific tweaks in php or apache, I'm always in to learn usefull things.