From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Dec 9 05:16:58 1995 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id FAA21579 for isp-outgoing; Sat, 9 Dec 1995 05:16:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from iceonline.com (ns.iceonline.com [204.191.208.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id FAA21574 for ; Sat, 9 Dec 1995 05:16:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from edmbbs.iceonline.com by iceonline.com with uucp (Smail3.1.28.1 #7) id m0tOPDU-000tXUC; Sat, 9 Dec 95 05:21 WET Received: by edmbbs.iceonline.com (UUPM-1.51) id D5651Li Sat, Dec 09, 1995 05:01:26 EST From: sreid@edmbbs.iceonline.com Message-Id: <9512090501.D5651Li@edmbbs.iceonline.com> X-Mailer: UUPlus Mail 1.51 To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Hardware for ISP / WWW server Organization: EDMBBS Marketing Date: Sat, 09 Dec 95 05:01:24 EST Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk What hardware would you all recommend for an ISP / Web server? We'll probably have a 56k digital line (Maybe T1) and an as-yet-unknown number of dial-up slip/ppp users. Here's what I was thinking... Pentium 90 (PCI) with 256k or 512k cache 32 megs of RAM Cheap SCSI CDROM (1x or 2x, only for installing FreeBSD) Fast SCSI hard drive(s)... SCSI is best? Cheap VGA card+monitor 28.8 kbps modems for dial-up Cheap ethernet card so a nearby Dos machine can have net access With 32 megs, we'll have only a minimal newsfeed... Everything will be handled by this one machine. Is this do-able? We were thinking of starting with just a 1-2 gig HD, and if we need more space, buy another drive. And HD brand recommendations? Is SCSI the best choice for the HD? Any recommendations on the brand of SCSI interface? Any brand recommendations on the motherboard? Any advice would be appreciated.