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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!nntp.primenet.com!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: High-end FreeBSD server config suggestions needed please Date: 17 Sep 1996 19:17:58 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 20 Message-ID: <51mq0m$13p@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <DxuqK0.ID8@hparc12.aus.hp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] M C Wong (mcw@aus.hp.com) wrote: : Hi, : I will soon need a couple of very powerful server running FreeBSD : (perhaps 2.1.5), and it will be NFS, mail, DNS, NNTP, firewall, HTTP, : FTP, login, router etc server. I have in mind about 4GB disk space and : 32MB RAM to start off with. Hmm, I don't think that this is considered "very powerful" by a lot of the users on this group :) : However I remember someone saying that to support large numbers of : logins etc, the kernel needs to be configured differently for various : parameters. If so, can the kind person please reply to me for the : appropriate instructions/changes to the kernel etc ? Nope. RTFM. It's there - you're just being lazy ! -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....