From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 17 19:23:01 2005 Return-Path: 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 50D9016A4CE for ; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 19:23:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ns1.tiadon.com (SMTP.tiadon.com [69.27.132.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A15FD43D45 for ; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 19:23:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from [69.27.131.0] ([69.27.131.0]) by ns1.tiadon.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Sun, 17 Apr 2005 14:24:28 -0500 Message-ID: <4262B791.4090007@daleco.biz> Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 14:22:57 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041210 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: SuDaNym@aol.com References: <7a.718eeb0b.2f93e044@aol.com> In-Reply-To: <7a.718eeb0b.2f93e044@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Apr 2005 19:24:28.0578 (UTC) FILETIME=[12D6F020:01C54383] cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Time spent on server maintenance (was Re: newbie question) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 19:23:01 -0000 SuDaNym@aol.com wrote: >Hello > >Can anyone give me a very rough estimate on how much time is required on an >ongoing basis, after a server is set up with FreeBSD and Apache, to maintain >everything. By everything I am referring to everything required to keep the >server up, and host about 100 domains. Thank you in advance and I apologize >if this question is not appropriate for this list. > >Sue > > This varies with experience, as an earlier post noted. As much as possible, one should attempt automation of daily chores, addition of domains, mailusers, etc. I certainly be willing to guess that one could spend an hour or more of vigilant inspection and checking on the server system daily, but as mentioned, if your system is fairly "bulletproof" (e.g., your plan takes into account every possible emergency, your automation is tested, retested, retested again, and then tested some more prior to deployment (and well-documented), then you could probably cut that down. I'd think that the time would really be spent in supporting 100 client's webmasters when they have issues; communicating with them in the event you should have to do (un- or) scheduled maintenance, etc. I'd also estimate that it's not a job for a rookie, per se, unless these 100 clients are very forgiving, patient, and understanding individuals... On the plus side, know that this is very much a thing that FreeBSD is good at.... My $.02, YMMV, include #disclaimer.h and all that.... Kevin Kinsey