From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 28 15:16:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA09600 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 15:16:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA09591 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 15:16:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id JAA00342; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 09:46:08 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id JAA32135; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 09:46:12 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19981229094612.G12346@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 09:46:12 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Paul Cc: jbernt@usa.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ftp Site References: <19981228014515.11409.rocketmail@send105.yahoomail.com> <19981228014515.11409.rocketmail@send105.yahoomail.com> <19981228153833.W12346@freebie.lemis.com> <4.1.19981228142840.00a68ed0@mail.netpacq.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981228142840.00a68ed0@mail.netpacq.com>; from Paul on Mon, Dec 28, 1998 at 02:29:40PM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Monday, 28 December 1998 at 14:29:40 -0800, Paul wrote: > At 03:38 PM 12/28/98 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: >> On Sunday, 27 December 1998 at 17:45:15 -0800, Jeffrey Bernt wrote: >>> Hello. I was wondering if there is a way to set up my NT server as an >>> ftp site, and install FreeBSD from my ftp site using the FreeBSD >>> install disk onto a networked computer. I can use my freebsd cdrom as >>> the source on the nt computer, but other computers need access to the >>> cdrom too (because they don't have one), (otherwise I'd just swap out >>> the cdrom.) >> >> This is really an NT question. ``Ask your friendly Microsoft rep''. >> Bring money. >> >> You'd be a lot better off running a FreeBSD ftp server. From a recent >> article about your alternatives: >> >> - Buy a PC and install Microsoft on it. For a large server, you'll >> need NT, and the software license will cost about as much as the >> server. Microsoft has a Solutions/Best Practices web page >> (http://www.microsoft.com/misc/backstage/solutions.htm) which >> tells you that you can expect to move about 6 GB a day from three >> Compaq ProLiant 5000s or 5500s with four Pentium Pro processors >> and 512 MB memory each. In order to maintain availability, >> Microsoft recommends that you install multiple systems with >> failover. >> >> - Buy a PC and install FreeBSD on it. The hardware would appear to >> cost the same, but you don't pay anything for the software. In >> fact, as the hardware configuration for wcarchive.cdrom.com >> (ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/archive-info/wcarchive.txt) shows, this is >> misleading. wcarchive is only a single system with a single CPU, >> also a Pentium Pro. By contrast to Microsoft's 6 GB of downloads >> per day, however, it routinely transfers more than 700 GB of data >> a day to up to 3600 concurrent users-over 100 times the >> performance of three larger NT machines combined. On December 2, >> 1998, wcarchive transferred 820,097,694,368 bytes of data, making >> it the busiest ftp server in the world. > > Just use serv-u from http://www.cat-soft.com > > Very easy to set-up and admin, and does not cost a whole lot... It seems you didn't follow the URLs I gave. Microsoft costs an arm, a leg, and a reputation. FreeBSD doesn't cost a whole lot. In fact, it's free. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message