From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 5 0: 9:54 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from benny.geektank.org (00-04-ac-38-0e-e8.bconnected.net [209.53.63.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7A4D37B403 for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2001 00:09:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (tmchow@localhost) by benny.geektank.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f8571Bi01742 for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2001 00:01:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tmchow@sfu.ca) X-Authentication-Warning: benny.geektank.org: tmchow owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 00:01:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Trevin Chow X-X-Sender: To: Subject: How much RAM to upgrade to? Message-ID: <20010904235605.B1654-100000@benny.geektank.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm thinking about upgrading my machine with some more RAM considering the insanely low prices. My current setup is: Celeron 300A, 64MB RAM, 15GB HD, soon to be adding an 80GB HD Currently functions as: -IMAP mail server for 3 users -Webserver for about 10 websites that have low to moderate traffic (maybe 1000-2000 hits per month) -General development work that I do -X Windows client to run apps like gkrellm and some other X apps I'm wondering how much RAM is going to be in the "sweet spot" for me. I know there isn't a definitive answer and probably more is better, but I'm wondering about diminishing returns of adding too much ram. I mean, my mother supports up to 768MB of RAM, but going that high seems a bit insane. I'm also wondering about the balance between buying lots of RAM or some RAM and a faster CPU (like going to a P2 400mhz). Any info/opinions appreciated. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message