From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 19 19:27:38 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4727D16A4DD for ; Sat, 19 Aug 2006 19:27:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (dsl081-142-072.chi1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.142.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B3DA43D4C for ; Sat, 19 Aug 2006 19:27:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p17.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.13.6/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k7JJR230073343; Sat, 19 Aug 2006 14:27:02 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20060819142237.025aeef8@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 14:26:51 -0500 To: "Dearment, Alaric J" , From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <27365636F3B5C048B8E8A2BC4C7F1225C01790@email02.bsu.edu> References: <27365636F3B5C048B8E8A2BC4C7F1225C01790@email02.bsu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Web server requirements X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 19:27:38 -0000 It sounds like you have this older hardware to use, so you can try it and see. It will likely be a bit under powered for the streaming, and may chug under the maximum users. With hardware prices at an all time low, you might want to consider something faster with more capacity, but you can always move to that later. -Derek At 01:55 PM 8/19/2006, Dearment, Alaric J wrote: >I'm the on-line editor of expo, Ball State University's student-run >magazine. We're reviving our Web site, and I've been thinking seriously >about running it off a FreeBSD-based server. However, I'm not sure what >kinds of system requirements I'll have. > >The school has roughly 20,000 students and the magazine comes out once a >semester. If I were to guess, I'd say we'll be having 100 people on the >server at once on busy days, most of whom will be on campus. In addition >to articles, the server will probably offer a 10- to 15-minute video >and/or podcast to go with the cover story. Also, the server will also be >used as a mail server and file server, though file services will likely >only be needed for a couple of days each semester and E-mail accounts will >only be for staff to do things such as receive feedback on articles and so >forth. > >What sorts of requirements would such a server need as far as processor, >RAM and HD are concerned, assuming it would be running on FreeBSD? Would a >machine with 512M of RAM, a 140G HD and 1.2GHz processor work? > >Thank you, >Alaric DeArment >Ball State University >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean. >MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.