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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!serv.hinet.net!news.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!nntp.inet.fi!news.funet.fi!news.cs.hut.fi!news.clinet.fi!not-for-mail From: mickey@cantina.clinet.fi (Mika Ruohotie) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: What type of computer to get? Help. Date: 12 Sep 1996 11:27:41 +0300 Organization: Clinet, Espoo, Finland Lines: 34 Message-ID: <518hht$f2l@cantina.clinet.fi> References: <1996Sep10.171113.13584@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cantina.clinet.fi J. Kenney <jk002e@uhura.cc.rochester.edu> wrote: >Does anyone have any recommendations on what is the best architecture to put >FreeBSD on?, Pentium Pro 200, Dual Pentium 166? i'd choose either pro, or just p166/p200 and i would use ga586hx512 board... (http://www.u-net.com/sysdoc) >This computer would be a server for roughly 800 users, with an average of >10-15 logged on at any time, running a variety of programs from mail, and >IRC, to compiling. I plan on putting 196Megs of memory + 3.2 GB >EIDE Drive (+ a SCSI card (any suggestions) for laster upgrading) But I >need to know which would serve best the Pentium Pro 200 or a Dual P166. single pentuim will do and the motherboard i mentioned eats up to 512 megs ram... and if i'd be you, i'd use scsi drives, rather ultra wide, but fast wide does too... 2-3 2gig drives, swap 64-128 megs on each and use ccd =) just whatever you do, dont use eide, get less ram instead if you're on a budget, since even with 96-128 you'd survive as long as you have the scsi drives and swap around... for the record, we used to run about 800 people on 486/33 with 16-64 megs ram and one-two scsi2 drives, freebsd 1.1.5.1 (or whatever, ancient) few years ago, and even with 16 megs ram the machine _did_ handle about 20 people reading news, running x and stuff... sure, load went up to 8-10 and it felt slow, but it ran... mickey