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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 12:45:38 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Mark Thomas <thomas@pmpro.com>
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Subject: Re: Hardware configuration
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On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Mark Thomas wrote:

> 
> I'm currently considering setting up a pair of FreeBSD systems pretty much
> from scratch. System 1 is going to be a firewall, system 2 a web server and
> ftp host. Right now I'm looking at the following hardware for these systems:
> 
> System 1:
> ASUS P2L97 motherboard (P-II 266|300|333)
> 128 MB RAM
> 32x IDE CD-ROM
> 1.44 Floppy
> 3C9XX 3COM ethernet cards

Watch your versions on this, if you end up with a 905B you'll need the xl
ethernet driver.

> Single 2GB(+-) EIDE HD
> Cheap trident ISA video card
> 
> System 2:
> ASUS P2L97 motherboard (P II 266|300|333)
> 128 MB RAM
> 1.44 Floppy
> 3C9XX 3COM ethernet cards
> 32x IDE CD-ROM (or SCSI)
> Adaptec 2940
> 2 4GB SCSI HD
> Cheap trident ISA video card
> 
> Eventually I'm planning on running the consoles to a serial connection, so
> the video cards are non-critical.
> 
> Can anyone suggest improvements to these configurations?

Look OK to me, but if you're expecting traffic ditch the IDE drive on
system 1.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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