From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 31 07:25:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA01147 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 31 Jul 1998 07:25:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from netra.graphnet.com (netra.graphnet.com [192.206.112.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA01138 for ; Fri, 31 Jul 1998 07:24:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from romank@graphnet.com) Received: from graphnet.com (mike.graphnet.com [192.206.112.93]) by netra.graphnet.com (8.8.8/8.8.6) with ESMTP id KAA15142 for ; Fri, 31 Jul 1998 10:24:54 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <35C1D576.9E3C6CE1@graphnet.com> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 10:32:22 -0400 From: Roman Katsnelson Organization: Graphnet, Inc X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "q's" Subject: server config (hardware) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, I am about to build a new web, dns and mail server for our company. The one we have now runs on a Sparc20 with Solaris, but I don't like it. I want to build it on an intel with FreeBSD, and am basically just seeking some ideas on the hardware config. It is a server that with time (hopefully) will get a heavy load. I was thinking: Pentium 2 =~233Mhz, 128M RAM, 4G HD... Is this too weak? Too much? I am really picking these numbers out of nowhere, so any experienced feedback would be much much appreciated. Also, when I install FreeBSD on it, should I do a minimal install, or is there other stuff I might need? Thanks again, You guys are the greatest. Roman -- _________________________________________ | Roman Katsnelson | | UNIX Network Engineer | _ | Graphnet, Inc. | _ / )|_________________________________________|( \ / / | "Consistency is the hobgoblin of | \ \ _( (_ | small minds. | _) )_ (((\ \>|_/-) -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (-\_|