Wordpress PHP/MySQL Spike/Crashing-Optimisation Solution by drrobfisher

I have a Wordpress site which contains 1600+ pages: all text, no multi-media. The site is hosted on a dedicated server, the CPU is a 2x Intel Xeon 2.80GHz with a memory of 2x 512MB DDR1 ECC RE and a Hard Drive of 1x 73GB SCSI HDD... (Budget: max $300, Jobs: Linux, PHP, Website Design)
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