Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 18:11:00 -0700 From: Darren Pilgrim <dpilgrim@uswest.net> To: Toby Swanson N-1417 <tjswanso@gie.noh.tva.gov> Cc: newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD server success stories Message-ID: <371299A4.5D7F92E7@uswest.net> References: <199904121546.LAA26474@gie.noh.tva.gov>
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Toby Swanson N-1417 wrote: > I have the opportunity to recommend replacing a Sun SPARCserver-1000 > with an Intel based FreeBSD machine. It will be a general file and > print server for about 200-250 users/hosts. Most client machines will > be Windows 95 and NT Workstations, with a few Sun Sparcs. The server > will have to provide NIS and DNS in addition to hosting 25 to 35 netwk > printers. It must also handle 4 SCSI controllers; 1 plain SCSI 2, > 1 SCSI 2 that will handle 4 to 6 LUNs on each of 7 targets (irqs). > The last 2 controllers must handle 10 to 14 4.2 Gb disks each. We use > Samba to share file systems with PCs. Given these requirements, why did you choose an Intel platform? I would have chosen an Alpha running Net or OpenBSD. -- dpilgrim@uswest.net /\ / __ Our lies are merely the gryph@mindless.com / \/OC/URNE truth of another world ICQ: 29880099 Death is not a kill -9, just a DALnet: anim0s make world and shutdown -r now PGPKey available To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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