Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 15:11:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Roman Katsnelson <romank@graphnet.com> Cc: "q's" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: server config (hardware) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9807311509440.14321-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <35C1D576.9E3C6CE1@graphnet.com>
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On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, Roman Katsnelson wrote: > 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... P233? You might as well do better :) If you're getting heavy hits, you'll want more memory. > 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? Install what you need. You've got plenty of diskspace. The only trick is partitioning it reasonably. You might consider taking the ``monolithic filesystem'' road so you don't run into problems overloading /var/mail, but again you may want to split it off so it's easier to back up and apply quotas to. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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