Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 13:54:18 -0400 From: "Troy Settle" <st@i-plus.net> To: "James" <jrsysadmin@empireone.net>, <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: anyone run an isp with freebsd Message-ID: <NDBBKPEMLJEBDEPFNHOHGEAMCAAA.st@i-plus.net> In-Reply-To: <007f01bef64b$25a1e6a0$e9c276d1@empireone.net>
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Well, of course we do. That's the purpose of this list. Now, why you sent your original message directly to me as well as the list, I have no idea... that's why I ignored it. As for the question itself, it makes no sense, which is probably why most everyone else ignored it. NFS does work after a fashion, but there are problems with locking. Seems that nobody with sufficient clue and desire has sat down to fix it. No big deal though, there's ways to work around the problems. If you're looking for a real solution, however, try telling us the particulars of what you want to accomplish: How many users? Will they have shell access? What do you plan on putting on the RAID box? Why do you think you need a RAID subsystem? I've got a 3600 user ISP running on 5 boxes, none of them with any RAID subsystem. RAID sounds good, and is a neat concept, but I've yet to see a real need for it. I suppose that RAID would be a neat toy to use on the box that hosts /home (we deliver mail to $HOME/.mail), but until we reach into the 10's of thousands of users, I doubt we'll really need that much hardware (most users don't bother with personal web pages, so there's really very little storage needs for even 3600 users) The second RAID application that we might consider, would be a monster squid box. But, a handfull of disks and ccd should do the trick nicely for that application. Other RAID applications might include a fileserver for a large web farm, but this is an ideal, and far from necessary. In fact, it might be best to make each machine a complete stand-alone box in terms of the content that it provides. Laterz, Troy Settle iPlus Internet Services > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of James > Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 4:30 PM > To: James; Troy Settle; freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: anyone run an isp with freebsd > > > hmmm i had no reply does anyone here run an isp with freebsd?? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: James <jrsysadmin@empireone.net> > To: Troy Settle <st@i-plus.net>; <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 10:27 AM > Subject: freebsd working with bsdi > > > > we are going t o have three unix machines > > working with a raid5 box the raid box will have bsdi on it anyonein this > > situation runn up against and problems? > > nfs does that play ok together > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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