From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 27 22:16:03 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id WAA13774 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 27 Oct 1995 22:16:03 -0700 Received: from kitten.mcs.com (Kitten.mcs.com [192.160.127.90]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id WAA13769 for ; Fri, 27 Oct 1995 22:16:00 -0700 Received: from mailbox.mcs.com (Mailbox.mcs.com [192.160.127.87]) by kitten.mcs.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id AAA22335 for ; Sat, 28 Oct 1995 00:15:59 -0500 Received: by mailbox.mcs.com (/\==/\ Smail3.1.28.1 #28.5) id ; Sat, 28 Oct 95 00:15 CDT Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 00:15:34 -0500 (CDT) From: root To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: ISP system? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk 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. ---- You know you're cool when you forget how to shut down MS-Windows after converting to UNIX. If your reply bounces, try mikepery@mcs.com. -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2i mQCNAzB3NkkAAAEEALmLPNi8eMno12K55RT5yMuD5G1EQ9vSzEz+gs594m5GtMZc HKLvG+Wf4QgCuo0pinyxitbC8DHjd8b4gx4CSZPROt4RCe8m6XVJa/fiM3HhgJ/2 BB584txR4lfU4bZRSFSAWWQ8LS+1z1jsQ9IJ5WYgfJyGhLKIKOQsEjYNuO0JAAUR tCZNaWtlIFBlcnJ5IDxyb290QG1pa2VwZXJyeS5wci5tY3MubmV0Pg== =B9oB -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----