Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 10:57:52 -0800 From: "Carlos C. Tapang" <ctapang@easystreet.com> To: <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Plugging a FreeBSD server to the net: need advice Message-ID: <003401be036e$086894b0$0d787880@apex>
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OK, I'm about ready to plug a server to the net. Frankly, I was leaning on using Windows NT for some time, but now I am convinced that FreeBSD is a much better choice. (I just read Yahoo's testimonial on FreeBSD.) I now need to decide on which version of FreeBSD to use. Should I go with 2.2.7 or 3.0. Is 3.0 ready for it? The server will be a web, mail, and ftp server. Will I get double mileage with having a 2-processor SMP system? Is FreeBSD.ORG behind a firewall? If it's not, then my server probably does not need to be behind a firewall. (I am paranoid about malignant attacks, but if FreeBSD.ORG can survive, so should my server.) Are DTP raid controllers really as good as they're cracked up to be? Do I really need RAID, or should a regular SCSI drive/controller do as well? My feeling is that regular SCSI drives should be reliable enough for my purposes. I would like my server to be a mirror site for FreeBSD-current downloads. My server will plug to the net using an SDSL line from GTE (it's cheap!) at 384Kbits/sec, so probably I do not need the processing power for now. I do plan to upgrade to higher bandwidth xDSL later. --Carlos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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