Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2004 17:24:34 +0900 From: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: memory requirements? Message-ID: <418C8A42.2030209@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20041106075214.GB34625@gothmog.gr> References: <418C57F4.1040703@att.net> <20041106050550.GA72796@xor.obsecurity.org> <418C5E87.7020505@att.net> <20041106075214.GB34625@gothmog.gr>
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Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2004-11-05 21:17, Jay O'Brien <jayobrien@att.net> wrote: > >>Kris Kennaway wrote: >> >>>On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 08:49:56PM -0800, Jay O'Brien wrote: >>> >>>>I inherited a 400 MHz Pentium II with 128MB of RAM and a 20GB HD. >>>>Is this an adequate configuration to run 5.2.1, or do I need to add >>>>memory? >>> >>>It all depends what you want to do with it...it's the applications you >>>run that take up most of the memory. 128MB is a bit on the small side >>>if you're going to be doing memory-heavy desktop work (e.g. running >>>mozilla, KDE, etc), but there are plenty of lighter-weight >>>alternatives to those applications. >> >>Good point. I am bringing up another (very capable) machine and learning >>as I go; I set it up with 4.10 and I now think I should be running 5.2.1. >>It will ultimately be a mail and web server. >> >>I thought I would bring this old machine (inherited from my 89 yr old >>m-i-l who passed away in August) on 5.2.1 to get a feel for it; I would >>probably not do much more than use it as a SSH terminal to connect to >>the other machine and as a learning tool to learn (or re-learn) unix >>commands. It presently runs Win98SE, had a CD reader and a NIC card, >>so I know it has working hardware. >> >>The bottom line is that 128MB seems adequate for FreeBSD itself? > > > I've run 4.X versions of FreeBSD with 64 MB of physical memory and a bit of > swap space for a long time. If you are not hosting a heavy-traffic Apache > with lots of dynamic content (PHP or mod_perl), memory intensive desktop GUIs > or other stuff that can bloat the memory requirements pretty fast (as Kris > notes that is pretty often the case with this sort of programs), 128 MB and a > bit of swap space is probably going to be fine. I have 4.10 running in text-mode only (no X Window installed) on a PentiumI/120 MHz with 24/14 MB RAM/swap. It's mainly for server purpose. Another PentiumI/150MHz with 32/32 MB RAM/swap runs 5.3. Also in text-mode only. R.
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