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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.bri.connect.com.au!corolla.OntheNet.com.au!news From: Tony Griffiths <tonyg@OntheNet.com.au> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Minimum machine for nameservice? Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 11:01:31 +1000 Organization: On the Net (ISP on the Gold Coast, Australia) Lines: 34 Message-ID: <326ACB6B.6EDE@OntheNet.com.au> References: <chad-1710962353430001@sverige.pengar.com> Reply-To: tonyg@OntheNet.com.au NNTP-Posting-Host: swanee.nt.com.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (WinNT; I) To: Chad Leigh <chad@pengar.com> Chad Leigh wrote: > > Hi All > > I am needing to set up a nameserver and would like to make a minimum > machine that will do the job (costwise). The only purpose of this machine > is name service for soon to be busy domains (x 2). > > P75 or AMD K5-P75 or P90 These machine are massive overkill unless you are talking about a "." server, or maybe a ".com"!!! > 8mb RAM At ~ USD 8/MB, I wouldn't skimp here, especially if you are connecting to the Internet and running a WWW proxy, et al. > 850 HD EIDE (gotten cheap already) > NE2000 clone > cheapo graphics adapter Probably OK although I've seen problem with an NE2000 clone (SVEC) on Pentium/PCI machines. I've upgraded all my Px machine to PCI based Ethernet cards (SMC/DEC 21x4x) because of SVEC problems! > > I guess the biggest question is: is 8mb enough? Only running named > You're wasting the machine ONLY running 'named'. Systat will barely get off the 99% idle mark. > thanks > Chad