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Date:      Thu, 4 Apr 1996 20:25:03 -0500
From:      dennis@etinc.com (dennis)
To:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Recommendation Needed for server setup
Message-ID:  <199604050125.UAA09169@etinc.com>

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>On Thu, 4 Apr 1996, Joel Kelmenson wrote:
>
>> for a web and news server.  I have one system that I would like 
>> to use.  It is a P90 PCI, 8mb, 720mb ide drive.
>
>First, take it from my expierence...

blah, blah, blah. Talk to a hundred guys get a hundred different opinions.
You're on your own, basically...live and learn. Most people buy way too
much horsepower..remember you cant pump out more data that youve
got total bandwidth...so if youve got 50 modems and a 128k serial line having
100Mbs procesing power isnt gonna make a big difference in your tput. People
were running isps with slow '486s not so long ago, so buy what you can afford
and upgrade as you expand. Remember that todays motherboard is garbage
next year.

Dennis
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