Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 12:45:38 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Mark Thomas <thomas@pmpro.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hardware configuration Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9811181244510.14521-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19981118103615.0081b750@pmpro.com>
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On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Mark Thomas wrote: > > I'm currently considering setting up a pair of FreeBSD systems pretty much > from scratch. System 1 is going to be a firewall, system 2 a web server and > ftp host. Right now I'm looking at the following hardware for these systems: > > System 1: > ASUS P2L97 motherboard (P-II 266|300|333) > 128 MB RAM > 32x IDE CD-ROM > 1.44 Floppy > 3C9XX 3COM ethernet cards Watch your versions on this, if you end up with a 905B you'll need the xl ethernet driver. > Single 2GB(+-) EIDE HD > Cheap trident ISA video card > > System 2: > ASUS P2L97 motherboard (P II 266|300|333) > 128 MB RAM > 1.44 Floppy > 3C9XX 3COM ethernet cards > 32x IDE CD-ROM (or SCSI) > Adaptec 2940 > 2 4GB SCSI HD > Cheap trident ISA video card > > Eventually I'm planning on running the consoles to a serial connection, so > the video cards are non-critical. > > Can anyone suggest improvements to these configurations? Look OK to me, but if you're expecting traffic ditch the IDE drive on system 1. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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