Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 15:48:02 -0500 From: Craig Shrimpton <craigs@os.com> To: John Anderson <johna@mail.bbcc.ctc.edu> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Would like your opinion Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9601051532.A7414-0100000@solar.os.com> In-Reply-To: <19960105095216.0a255de9.in@mail.bbcc.ctc.edu>
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On Fri, 5 Jan 1996, John Anderson wrote: > > Does this look like a good basic system to start with? Is that > enough memory? > You could offer a basic IP service but not news or web with that setup. News needs its own machine with 32MB(min) 128MB(best) memory and at least 8 GB for a full feed. You could run web on the other machine if you bumped the memory to 32MB. You mentioned 56K line. One thing you might consider is get your IP delivered by frame relay. You could then purchase a Cisco 2511 router/terminal server to handle the incoming PPP connections. That way you could use the P100 with 16 MB as a shell/web machine. Offloading the PPP server will save tons of memory on the PC. A Cisco 2511 with IP routing, CSU/DSU, and 15 async ports runs about 4 grand. A lot of money, but a good growth path as it can load balance two T1s. If you expect to grow beyound 16 lines then look at the Cisco 2501 and Livingston Portmaster terminal servers. Remember, distributed computing power is the key to a restfull night's sleep! Word of advice: All disks except for maybe / should be SCSI. Use only PCI bus master controllers. This is especially important if you have a SCSI tape drive. Craig
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