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From: "Michael Dungan" <mpd@bluetie.net>
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Subject: Re: high volume mail server hardware suggestions
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So you would say that memory is more important than proc power? My boss
wants to know whether we should purchase dual or quad proc boxen. (We would
be purchasing more dual boxen if we went this route.) Are they any online
case studies on this? I'm no e-mail admin, but I'm the one stuck setting
this all up.

Thanks,

Mike


> My suggestions (keeping in mind that other people will disagree with me):
>
> 1) SCSI, hardware RAID
> 2) /usr/ports/mail/postfix
> 3) lots and lots and lots of memory
>
> You can handle tens of thousands of users with this setup.
>
> > Does anyone have any suggestions for hardware for running high volume
e-mail
> > servers with FreeBSD? Should I use a few "large" servers, or several
smaller
> > ones?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> >
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