Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 00:15:34 -0500 (CDT) From: root <root@mikeperry.pr.mcs.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: ISP system? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.951028001332.266B-100000@mikeperry.pr.mcs.net>
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I can't find the darn systems.faq so I'm going to bug you guys, sorry.
I wanna become an ISP (in a while, but I want to gather some info now).
I wanna set up a main sys, a news server, and a misc server.
Here's my outline (you'll see the point to this soon):
news.whatever.net:
full usenet feeds
2->4gig MODE 4 or Blue lightining hard drive
420mb MODE 4 or " for swap memory
P60 -> 75 PCI machine
64 -> 128 EDO ram.
FreeBSD (of course)
Super fast ethr to main server
whatever.net:
DUAL P133 processors in a PCI machine
256 MB EDO ram.
420mb MODE 4 or Blue lighting hard drive for swap
1gig for apps (MODE 4/BL)
2->4 gigs for user space.
T1 or T3 into net.
256k+ pipelined burst cache
FreeBSD
Will run:
std shell logins only (from inet or direct from extras)
extras.whatever.net:
P133 or P100 PCI
32 -> 64 EDO ram
420 swap
1/2->1 gig for daemons
high speed ethernet to main machine.
FreeBSD
Will run:
POP3
httpd
wu-ftpd
Nameserver
Slip/PPPd
Std modem/ISDN shell login
Now my ?'s are:
1. How many users do you think I run comfortably offa this config.
2. Do I have too much/too little disk and RAM (I heard a rumor that huge
amounts of ram can bog a sys down.)
3. Are my choices for the machines vs what they run wise?
4. Is it possible to rebuild FreeBSD offa the cdrom discs? (I wanna -O3 the
whole sys) Is it already optimised? And how much can I make in "one
command" (as claims walnut creek cdrom co. "you can build the whole
source tree in one command": what is considered the source tree? apps too?)
5. Any good books on ISPing you recomend?
Thanks alot,
Mike Perry
P.S. My first concern is computing power, not price.
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