Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 18:06:43 -0400 From: "Michael Dungan" <mpd@bluetie.net> To: "Michael Lucas" <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: high volume mail server hardware suggestions Message-ID: <000b01bfa4cb$62fa4b30$c71930d0@hoorj> References: <200004122154.RAA11001@blackhelicopters.org>
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So you would say that memory is more important than proc power? My boss wants to know whether we should purchase dual or quad proc boxen. (We would be purchasing more dual boxen if we went this route.) Are they any online case studies on this? I'm no e-mail admin, but I'm the one stuck setting this all up. Thanks, Mike > My suggestions (keeping in mind that other people will disagree with me): > > 1) SCSI, hardware RAID > 2) /usr/ports/mail/postfix > 3) lots and lots and lots of memory > > You can handle tens of thousands of users with this setup. > > > Does anyone have any suggestions for hardware for running high volume e-mail > > servers with FreeBSD? Should I use a few "large" servers, or several smaller > > ones? > > > > thanks, > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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