From owner-freebsd-isp Thu May 2 12: 0:30 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from workhorse.imach.com (barbwire.iMach.com [206.127.77.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF4D537B417 for ; Thu, 2 May 2002 12:00:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (forrestc@localhost) by workhorse.imach.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g42J0DG44428; Thu, 2 May 2002 13:00:14 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from forrestc@imach.com) Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 13:00:13 -0600 (MDT) From: "Forrest W. Christian" To: "-=|[RattleSn@ke]|=-" Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: two servers In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20020502125204.G40446-100000@workhorse.imach.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 2 May 2002, -=|[RattleSn@ke]|=- wrote: > I've a (easy) question. > > I've two servers, a P1 100Mhz. 43MB RAM and a PII 233Mhz. 128MB RAM. > > I want to run a DNS, POP/SMTP, SQL and a WWWserver. > > What server(s) should run on what computer?? > > I hope that someone has the answer!?!? Everyone else seems to want you to put the mail on the slower one and the web on the faster one. I think the best answer is that it depends on what you are doing. I have a Pentium III box w/512MB of RAM (soon to be a dual proc w/1GB and lots of vinumed disk) which is barely keeping up with our mail load. (There are also dns/sql servers running on this box just to support the mail server. IT was faster to run them locally than try to run them on a separate box). We handle a LOT of email messages a day and do virus and spamassasin filtering on each one. For the same customer base, we have a Pentium II at about 300mhz w/about 256MB ram running web, dns, customer sql, etc. etc. etc. which has a load average of less than 0.1 most of the time (Typically about 0.03 or so). I think the P1 is probably best used as a doorstop or a secondary DNS server, although I will admit that my personal server (used primarily for email) is a P1 120 w/64mb of ram. I'd put everything on the PII, with perhaps a secondary DNS server on the other box if you need two servers, and then as your needs grow you'll likely know what is consuming CPU/resources, and (hopefully) will be able to afford a faster server. - Forrest W. Christian (forrestc@imach.com) AC7DE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Innovation Machine Ltd. P.O. Box 5749 http://www.imach.com/ Helena, MT 59604 Home of PacketFlux Technogies and BackupDNS.com (406)-442-6648 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect your personal freedoms - visit http://www.lp.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message