From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 27 12: 7:36 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6689A37B479 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 12:07:34 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id eARK7Wa10870; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 12:07:32 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 12:07:32 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: biz@bacon.cs.uchicago.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: but what box?? Message-ID: <20001127120732.K8051@fw.wintelcom.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from biz@bacon.cs.uchicago.edu on Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 01:28:09PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * biz@bacon.cs.uchicago.edu [001127 11:28] wrote: > coming from a world of proprietary unix and/or apple computers, i am > ignorant of what the best pc hardware choice would be given the following > criteria: > > I'd like to install freebsd and run the following services on an eternet > LAN: > > -http > -postfix > -dns > -ftp > -samba (does this even run on freebsd?) Yes it does. > i would like to be able to order this box online. > > url suggestions anyone?! http://hardware.bsdi.com/cgi-bin/telenet.storefront http://www.bsdi.com/ > i have looked at the hardware compatibility list, but it is more > modular than what i need. i'd like to just know of an existing box, > NOT custom built, from a known vendor (or just widely used in freebsd > community). We bought a BSDi/telenet box recently, it's fast stable and kicks butt. BSDi offers systems that will work with FreeBSD as they are one of the major supporters of the project. My only concern is that you want to run so many services on a single box, for starting out I would split the DNS/mail off from the rest of the services, run secondary dns and backup mail on the second box along with the rest of the services you are interested in. best of luck, -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message