From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 22 14:15:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA01687 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 22 Sep 1998 14:15:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from obsolete.sprynet.com (1Cust109.tnt3.krk1.da.uu.net [153.37.255.109]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA01595 for ; Tue, 22 Sep 1998 14:14:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jjohnson@spry.com) Received: from flashpoint (flashpoint [192.168.1.1]) by obsolete.sprynet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id QAA01500; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 16:24:33 GMT (envelope-from jjohnson@spry.com) Message-ID: <001e01bde66d$ce3c6450$0101a8c0@flashpoint> From: "James Johnson" To: "Francisco Reyes" , "FreeBSD questions" Subject: Re: Hardware for small Samba server? Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 14:13:10 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I am running Samba on a 486SX 25mhz with 20mb ram, that machine would most definately be suitable as a samba server -----Original Message----- From: Francisco Reyes To: FreeBSD questions Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 9:35 PM Subject: Hardware for small Samba server? >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. > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message