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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!hunter.premier.net!news1.erols.com!newsmaster@erols.com From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Specifications for Potential Machines Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 16:06:29 -0700 Organization: Erols Internet Services Lines: 30 Message-ID: <31F6AC75.2377@www.play-hookey.com> References: <01bb795a.67ab07a0$0433d5cc@ed.ncia.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win16; I) Ed Paquette wrote: > > I want to create two machines, one for EXCLUSIVE dns, and one for > EXCLUSIVE mail. In fact, I don't intend on allowing shell on either one > of these. > > My question is, how beefy do I need to make these machines? How much > memory / cpu should I have in each one for adequate use? Can I get by > with 486/33's with 8MB, or will I need 16? > > I have FreeBSD running here on my home network on a 386/40 with 8mb. It > moves along fine, really. The file system is pretty quick, but it takes a > better part of an hour to compile a kernel. =) > > There will never be more than 50-60 connections on either one at one time. > (That's a maximum figure, realistically there will never be more than 15 > or 20) > What sort of connection do you have? Mail is basically a sometime thing, so drive capacity for storage is your #1 concern here. DNS accesses are also short, though more frequent for Web surfing. Personally, I see no reason why one machine can't handle both at the load you describe. -- Ken Are you interested in | byte-sized education | http://www.play-hookey.com over the Internet? |