Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 14:52:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Peter van Heusden <pvh@leftside.wcape.school.za> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Suggested configuration of WWW server Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980518145043.9951e-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980516123810.14418E-100000@leftside.wcape.school.za>
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On Sat, 16 May 1998, Peter van Heusden wrote: > I am planning to set up a FreeBSD machine to host a number of WWW servers. > The config will have to support about 10 different WWW sites (using > Apache), and though at present the incoming bandwidth is small (about 1/2 > Mbit/second) this might well change in the future. 512Kb/sec? > Specifically, I was wondering about the following questions: > > 1) What is the recommended SCSI controller? The machine will probably have > 2 or 3 SCSI disks, and I want to select a controller that works well with > FreeBSD. The Adaptec 2940 series (NOT the A) OR Symbios-based cards (like the Diamond FirePort 40) work great. > 2) Does it make sense to buy a multi-processor machine? How well does > FreeBSD's SMP support work? SMP is pretty good but is not recommended for production use, at least not yet. > 3) Are there any specific suggestions for network cards? I want to buy a > 100Mbit ethernet card (in case I need to link together this server with > others in a server farm at a later date), so any recommendations will be > appreciated. Intel EtherExpress PRO/100B. Nuff said. > 4) Which version of BSD should I use? I'm planning on using 2.2.6, but are > there any particular reasons I should consider using 3.0? Use 2.2.6-RELEASE unless there is something in -CURRENT you need and can put up with possible system instability. 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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