From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 22 11:33:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA28377 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 22 Sep 1998 11:33:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us (duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA28362 for ; Tue, 22 Sep 1998 11:33:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Received: from duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us (cdillon@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.9]) by duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id NAA06075; Tue, 22 Sep 1998 13:33:10 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 13:33:09 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon X-Sender: cdillon@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us To: Francisco Reyes cc: FreeBSD questions Subject: Re: Hardware for small Samba server? In-Reply-To: <199809220222.WAA25047@federation.addy.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 21 Sep 1998, Francisco Reyes wrote: > I am planning to setup a small Samba server to support 5 to 10 people. > They will be doing mostly word processing. > > I am planning to get two 3.2 Gig drives. How much memory will be enough > for this? > > current plans: > -AMD 266Mhz or 300Mhz > -Two 3.2Gig Ultra SCSII > -96MB ECC 8ns SDRAM DIMMs (64 + 32) > > The goal is to come up with a system less than $2000 (including tape > backup, monitor, etc..) > > The price difference in the AMD CPUs from 233 to 300 is so little (less > than $35) that I am tempted to go with a 300. Same for memory 10ns vs > 8ns. > Since a 486-66, 16MB RAM, and a 1GB drive would probably be sufficient for 20 or 30 people pushing small files back and forth, anything you get nowadays would be enough. :-) -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net /* FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and compatibles (SPARC and Alpha under development) (http://www.freebsd.org) */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message