Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 18:12:29 +0200 From: Olivier Tharan <olive@oban.frmug.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.2.1 with 40000 virus scanned mails / day on Dell hardware?(Hardware suggestions) Message-ID: <20040623161229.GJ37909@weirdos.oban.frmug.org> In-Reply-To: <40D9A58E.2040703@ctseuro.com> References: <40D9A58E.2040703@ctseuro.com>
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* Karl M. Joch <k.joch@ctseuro.com> (20040623 17:45): > I need to setup 3 servers on different locations as mail gateway with > about 40k mail per day each. the servers runs MailScanner, Clamav and > Spamassassin. The customer has Dell hardware and only buys Dell hardware. > > Has anybody experience with Dell servers which runs under FreeBSD. I > think about systems with Dual Xeon 3.0, 4 GB Ram and fast SCSI Hot Plug > Raid 5 which should be strong enough to handle that amount of mails > forwarding them to a Notes server. If you are looking for 5.2.1, you are on the wrong list. Anyway, a Pentium III with 256 Mb RAM handles virus scanning and spam tagging for ~ 60k mails a day without any problem. Your biggest bottleneck might be the Notes server. -- olive
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