Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 15:34:33 -0500 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net> To: <raja@micronetusa.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Need suggestions on system configuration Message-ID: <006a01c16c82$9a42c560$6600000a@ach.domain> In-Reply-To: <002c01c16c69$cae69700$1700a8c0@support>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Raja Velu > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 12:37 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Need suggestions on system configuration > > We're trying to setup a basic demo freeBSD system to act as a firewall, > web/ftp server, mail server. If it's just a demo machine, and not something that you'd want to use for production, something as lowly as a 486 with 32 Megs of RAM should be fine. Personally, I'm using a Pentium 133 with 32 Megs of RAM for those functions and more, and it's not even breaking a sweat. > We would need some kind of a backup > for the web > server's content (some kind of mirrored disk approach without > SCSI would be ideal). If the machine is going to be networked, you could just back it up over the network and not have to worry about mirroring or anything like that. Or you could set up vinum to do the mirroring for you across any kind of drives you'd like. Choice is yours... > Any suggestions for a "cost-conscious" configuration would be > helpful. Any pointers to web sites from where I can get similar info would > also be fine. Just as a demo machine, you wouldn't need anything too elaborate... low end 486 to maybe a Pentium II if you wanted to add some heavy loads to the demo. As a server, you wouldn't need high performance graphics, so spend that money on memory, disks and network hardware. --- Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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