Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 10:14:37 +0800 (SGT) From: sweeting@tm.net.my To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: system configuration advice pls. Message-ID: <v01540b12af56b52d990e@[202.184.153.110]>
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I have inherited a sysadmin job and what appears to be a pretty inefficient network comprising : DEC 500 Alpha (Digital Unix) - running 3 webservers, DNS for an entire C class, quite heavy mail server. It's struggling with only 64 MB RAM DEC 200 Alpha (Digital Unix) - running only one webserver with 96 MB RAM (don't ask !) DEC 266 Alpha (NT) - running 3 webservers. Pentium P166 (64 MB RAM) - running 2 webservers. IBM RS/600 (running AIX) - running 3 webservers. Now, if i understand this correctly, DNS and Mail should be run by themselves on dedicated machines. Is this correct ? The pentium at least will be switched to FBSD. But what should i run on it ? Would it be best suited for DNS ? Or virtual webservers ? or virtual email servers ? ( Email servers i guess can run on a slower machine and less RAM but more HD space.) I would prefer to use FBSD than Digital Unix even but .... 1. wouldn't digital unix be faster since it is made for their hardware ? 2. does FreeBSD for Alpha run perfectly ? (i had the impresssion that some of the ports etc didn't run as well.... and that the OS lagged the x86 version of FBSD - pls do correct me if an wrong) Thank you very much for your help. chas ps. in general, which is more important - CPU or RAM for DNS and webservers ? just out of a matter of interest, how many small websites (5,000 hits per day each average) would you fit onto a FBSD box with pentium 166 and 128 MB RAM ?
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