From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Apr 23 13:12:46 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA20824 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 23 Apr 1997 13:12:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sys3.cambridge.uk.psi.net (sys3.cambridge.uk.psi.net [154.32.106.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA20766 for ; Wed, 23 Apr 1997 13:12:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sys4.cambridge.uk.psi.net (uucp1.mail.uk.psi.net [154.32.105.26]) by sys3.cambridge.uk.psi.net (8.8.4/) with ESMTP id VAA23623; Wed, 23 Apr 1997 21:12:01 +0100 (BST) Received: by sys4.cambridge.uk.psi.net (8.7.5/SMI-5.5-UKPSINet) id UAA28655; Wed, 23 Apr 1997 20:46:22 +0100 (BST) Received: from infodev.nadt.org.uk (infodev.nadt.org.uk [194.155.224.205]) by charlie.nadt.org.uk (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id PAA22813; Wed, 23 Apr 1997 15:36:13 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19970423142324.007084e0@wrcmail> X-Sender: robmel@wrcmail X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 15:23:24 +0100 To: empey@integral.on.ca, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org From: Robin Melville Subject: Re: advice on machone choice for servers Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 00:58 23/04/97 +0500, David Empey wrote: >I'd like to set up a mail server (approx. 250 messages per day at >present) and a web server (100 hits a day approx., rarely more than 2 >at the same time) on an older 486/66 with 8MB RAM under freeBSD. Is >this combination likely to fly? Any advice welcome, with thanks. We have this exact setup, with almost identical loads on a 486-33. Works perfectly. :) Robin. -------------------------------------------------------- Robin Melville, Addiction & Forensic Information Service Nottingham Alcohol & Drug Team (Extn. 49178) Vox: +44 (0)115 952 9478 Fax: +44 (0)115 952 9421 Email: robmel@nadt.org.uk WWW: http://www.innotts.co.uk/nadt/ ---------------------------------------------------------