Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 22:06:35 -0500 From: Lanny Baron <lnb@freebsdsystems.com> To: satimis <satimis@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: About ideal RAM capacity Message-ID: <45DA65BB.8000302@freebsdsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <9041989.post@talk.nabble.com> References: <9021341.post@talk.nabble.com> <200702190804.l1J84ngm012593@lurza.secnetix.de> <9041989.post@talk.nabble.com>
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If you are going to run dns services. Run djbdns and you will be happy. I don't know why you would want such a small amount of memory though. Here is what you might expect (note the owner is bind but trust me, we don't use bind at all :) 77289 bind 2 0 2220K 1672K poll 8:10 0.00% 0.00% dnscache 77282 bind 2 0 1016K 428K sbwait 0:19 0.00% 0.00% tinydns Regards, ___________________________________________________ Lanny Baron Freedom Technologies Corporation Toll Free: 1.877.963.1900 High Performance Servers and RAID Storage Systems http://www.FreeBSDsystems.COM ___________________________________________________ satimis wrote: > > Oliver Fromme wrote: >> satimis <satimis@yahoo.com> wrote: >> > I'm prepared to run FreeBSD-6.2 amd64 on an AMD Athlon64 x2 (dualcore) >> > 512Kx2 3800 box as server. What will be an ideal RAM capacity to be >> > installed. TIA >> >> It depends entirely on what you are planning to run on that >> machine. The kind of CPU is pretty much irrelevant. >> >> For example, if you're planning to run it as DNS server, >> router and/or packet filter, then about 128 to 256 MB will >> probably suffice. ;-) >> > Noted with tks. > > B.R. > satimis >
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