Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 06:39:50 +0100 From: VeeJay <maanjee@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, maanjee@gmail.com Subject: HELP! Installation Questions Message-ID: <2cd0a0da0611082139g7a529a61x76db1c52638fdec9@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello There, I wonder if someone from you could spare few minutes and share your knowledge with me. I love FreeBSD and use it time to time but I think I am still novice. I have got an assignment to build a Multi-Task web server. GOALS: A Multi Task Web Server for Virtual Hosting running Apache, MySQL, ProFTP, Mail Program, etc. All on this server. Traffic expected 100,000 visits a day. .Ideal Space required for MySQL DBs: 140GB. (Contents: Many MySQL databases backing name based virtual websites) .Ideal Space required for Virtual Hosted Websites: 140GB (Contents: HTML, PHP, Images, Mail, Logs, Sites Backups, etc) Maximum space required for SWAP to get high performance. HARDWARE: 1 dell rack server with: 2 x Dual Core Intel(r) Xeon(r) 5160, 4MB Cache, 3.0GHz, 1333FSB 4 GB FB 533MHz Memory (4x1GB dual rank DIMMs) 4 x 146GB, SAS, 3.5-inch, 15.000 rpm Hard Drives (hot plug) RAID 10 using PERC 5/i, x6 Backplane, Integrated RAID Controller Card Intel(r) PRO 1000PT Dual Port Server Adapter, Gigabit NIC, Cu, PCIe x4 etc. Questions: 1. Which Version of FreeBSD will be the best choice and would be 32bit or 64bit? 2. How can I get required Space when doing partition during installation? 3. What would be ideal SWAP space to get performance? 4. Which Mail Program is secure and easy to configure for Virtual Hosting? 5. What is the flow of installation when preparing a machine for Virtual Hosting? I mean which program should be installed first and how should they setup (apache, ftp, mysql, mail) to talk with each other for a specific virtual name-based host? -- Thanks! BR / vj
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