From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Mar 9 5:48:42 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mgw1.MEIway.com (mgw1.meiway.com [212.73.210.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A91E37B719 for ; Fri, 9 Mar 2001 05:48:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from LConrad@Go2France.com) Received: from sv.Go2France.com (sv.meiway.com [212.73.210.79]) by mgw1.MEIway.com (Postfix Relay Hub) with ESMTP id 3F66F16B1B for ; Fri, 9 Mar 2001 15:00:10 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <5.0.0.25.0.20010309142935.05edabe0@mail.Go2France.com> X-Sender: lconrad%Go2France.com@mail.Go2France.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0 Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 14:46:11 +0100 To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org From: Len Conrad Subject: Re: FreeBSD server In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.0.20010309110914.03be0140@pop3.malawi.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >The basic configuration comes with 128Mb SDRAM, PIII 1Ghz processor, Hot Plug drive cage, no RAID, 1 7200 rpm Pluggable Universal Ultra2 SCSI hard drive. Will this be okay to run FreeBSD with a pop3 and smtp server (about 50, 000 e-mails a day)? That's only 1.5 mgs/sec for a 9 hour workday. That machine is vast overkill if it's dedicated to smtp/pop services. > Do I need RAID? not for such a small volume > Additional drives? If you use ATA disk and think you will get bigger volumes, put in 2 disks on separate controllers now, one for system + logging, the other for mailboxes and mail queue. >Another thing is I have a budget constraint so I'm looking for something that is not expensive. Then build your own (so you can fix your own), rather than pay a brand name's marketing overheads and their expensive spare parts, esp in your part of the world. Agai, you are seriously overbuying in CPU and disk0 for an SMTP/POP server. A P200 could handle 1.5 msgs a second easily. ie, save your money and use an old P200. I shuder to think how much it costs buy such Compaq machine in Malawi. >Any suggestions are very welcome. I like postfix a lot for MTA. Fast, easy to configure, table driven, "rich enough" in options and rock solid. Len http://BIND8NT.MEIway.com : Binary for ISC BIND 8.2.3 for NT4 & W2K http://IMGate.MEIway.com : Build free, hi-perf, anti-spam mail gateways To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message