From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Mar 19 11:14:29 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 128C437B401 for ; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 11:14:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from gulliver.summitoh.net (cable-29-84.sssnet.com [24.140.29.84]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DE6BF43F3F for ; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 11:14:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from watsonr@gulliver.summitoh.net) Received: (qmail 3266 invoked from network); 19 Mar 2003 19:14:25 -0000 Received: from scr-rtr.neo.rr.com (HELO rwdell) (204.210.223.195) by ghostwind.summitoh.net with SMTP; 19 Mar 2003 19:14:25 -0000 Message-ID: <003c01c2ee4b$c1accb40$d70d10ac@summitoh.net> From: "Ryan Watson" To: "Tom Samplonius" Cc: References: Subject: Re: Maximum recommended user limits on mail server Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 14:13:58 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Samplonius" To: "Bill Vermillion" Cc: Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 11:41 AM Subject: Re: Maximum recommended user limits on mail server > > On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Bill Vermillion wrote: > > > A person I know is looking to have a mail server with 10K-15K > > accounts and 50 virtual domains. > > > > He's thinking he needs to go with 'big iron' such as SUN. > > Well, if he wants to waste money.... 10 to 15K accounts is not a lot > accounts. Plus, "Sun big iron" comes with such slow processors. For > instance, the 2.4Ghz Xeon is going to be faster than any single Sun > processor. You'll need a quad Ultrasparc to keep up with a basic dual > Xeon (like Dell Poweredge 2650). Do you have any reference for this? I happen to run both, and can tell you that the Sparcs even with a much lesser config will absolutely blow the Dell away. The Xeon is not a serious server chip. It is possible it might have an advantage with 32 bit apps, but most Sparcs run 64-bit apps. A single UltraSparc II will easily keep up with a Xeon. Ryan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message