From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 19 08:04:56 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E97A216A402 for ; Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:04:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [83.120.8.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 782E913C4A8 for ; Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:04:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (ipknwl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l1J84oWn012594; Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:04:55 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id l1J84ngm012593; Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:04:49 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:04:49 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200702190804.l1J84ngm012593@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, satimis@yahoo.com In-Reply-To: <9021341.post@talk.nabble.com> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-hardware User-Agent: tin/1.8.2-20060425 ("Shillay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/4.11-STABLE (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:04:55 +0100 (CET) Cc: Subject: Re: About ideal RAM capacity X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, satimis@yahoo.com List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:04:57 -0000 satimis wrote: > I'm prepared to run FreeBSD-6.2 amd64 on an AMD Athlon64 x2 (dualcore) > 512Kx2 3800 box as server. What will be an ideal RAM capacity to be > installed. TIA It depends entirely on what you are planning to run on that machine. The kind of CPU is pretty much irrelevant. For example, if you're planning to run it as DNS server, router and/or packet filter, then about 128 to 256 MB will probably suffice. ;-) Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart Any opinions expressed in this message are personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix GmbH & Co KG in any way. FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "In My Egoistical Opinion, most people's C programs should be indented six feet downward and covered with dirt." -- Blair P. Houghton