Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 15:34:39 -0000 From: Achim Patzner <ap@bnc.net> To: mikea <mikea@mikea.ath.cx> Cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Request pointers to current-generation SMP boards Message-ID: <46BEACF4-266F-11D8-96F2-000A95A0BB90@bnc.net> In-Reply-To: <20031203164252.B30624@mikea.ath.cx> References: <20031203164252.B30624@mikea.ath.cx>
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Am 03.12.2003 um 23:42 schrieb mikea: > I'm speccing out a server for the day job, to run MailScanner and > SpamAssassin on the inbound corporate mailstream. Well... I'm running CommuniGate Pro 4.1.8 using MailScanner with Sophos AV and McAfee (instead of buying those brain-dead plug-ins) on a dual Xeon ASUS 160-R 1U server on FreeBSD 5.1(just to spit into the eyes of those who told me FreeBSD wasn't usable). The machine is receiving about 500k messages a day and throwing about 450k of those away. I didn't notice any CPU load yet although it is hanging behind 2.4GBit/s bandwidth > I hope to talk the boss into something that is _really_ muscular, in > hope that the rising tide of spam, worms, etc., won't swamp the poor > thing after 6 months to a year. Save the money and use a decent mail server software instead of heating the vacuum. And maybe spend the money on redundance. > Or do people find that integrated peripheral support on > the motherboard isn't all that bad? Not at all. And if it dies its twin will take over. Those ASUS were bloody cheap (including dual Xeon and quite a bit of RAM). > I'm also planning to ask for SCSI, in as fast a flavor as I can get > approval for, and some _big_ SCSI drives. Well... I had a lot of problems with those bloody Adaptec U320 chips on that board. > Of course, if you can point to a ready-to-go server that meets these > specs and that we can afford, that's great. Take a look at ASUS web page Achim
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