heh, I was just going overboard with the hardware... you really don't need that much for a small server (I hope). I haven't done any benchmarking, but I haven't noticed any real lag when I play on my local server by myself. A 200-300 MHz machine should be fine for a couple of people I think.
As for the number of zones, yes the Emu does allocate zones dynamically. So only the zones that you're in are actually up and running. And when you leave, the zone goes away. The world server manages which instance of the zone server manage which zones and dynamically starts and stops them. This is mainly so you can go to all the zones in the world without running hundreds of copies of the zone server. But it is kind of existential -- the zone only exists because you're there, and disappears when you leave...
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