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Date:      Wed, 31 Jan 1996 13:40:07 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee (Narvi)
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Dreams....
Message-ID:  <199601310310.NAA17134@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960130202957.5141A-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> from "Narvi" at Jan 30, 96 08:40:04 pm

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Narvi stands accused of saying:
> 
> 	has anyone got an idea of a really shining configuration to run 
> FreeBSD on for providing network services to a great number of PCs 
> running dos/windows? (some of which maybe eventually *upgrading* to 
> FreeBSD/X11)

How many is "a great number"?  What sort of "network services"?

Basically, get a big Pentium on a Triton motherboard, put in lots of RAM
(I'd say 128M would be a good start) and then a pile of SCSI disks hung
off Adaptec 2940UW controller(s).

> 	Sander.

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