Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 19:46:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> To: FreeBSD Questions List <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RAM needed for DHCP + router? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1105261943531.9461@tripel.monochrome.org>
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Hello list, I'm looking to build a NAT / DHCP box for a lab network for my company. My question is, how do I estimate the amount of RAM the machine will need? This box will be running isc-dhcpd, doing NAT either via natd or pf, and not much else. I expect the amount of traffic (throughput) to be very small, but the address space involved is quite large, at least by my standards. It seems to me that this will require potentially large amounts of memory for routing tables, etc., but not much disk. I'll be installing the latest -RELEASE; 32-bit if I can, 64-bit if I must, depending on how much memory it looks like I'll need. I may also install webmin for the benefit of my computer-literate-but-not-unix-savvy coworkers. Thanks! -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging </> ]
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