From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Oct 16 01:36:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA29122 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 01:36:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles312.castles.com [208.214.167.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA29113 for ; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 01:36:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA01817; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 01:41:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199810160841.BAA01817@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Alex Knowles cc: "'Freebsd-Hardware (E-mail)" Subject: Re: newbie setup In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 16 Oct 1998 09:16:55 BST." <615CAC0140CED111AF1500805FEDDB8A094A4E@ns.new-mediacom.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 01:41:15 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > so acouple of questions: > will Nt be able to read files stored on the bsd box and vice versa Yes, and yes if you use the Sharity product (available in a free 'light' version or the full commercial version) > will macs be able to do the same (particularly g3's) You can support Appletalk filesharing with the BSD system, or you can use Samba and the "Dave" product for MacOS. > will an nt outlook server be able to run in parallel Yes. > we also want to have an automatic dat backup, can anyone forsee any > problems/software we need etc. or is it easier for an nt box to do this ? You almost certainly want two backups, one on each server. > and then hardware compatibility: > I shall probably have the following spec: > > PII 350 or 450 (if some spare cash is lying around!!!) > adaptec 2940 UW SCSI controller > 9 Gig Fast wide SCSI Hard drive > 100 Mb/s 3com network card > S3 Virge Graphics card > Connected to an optic line via a 3com router This is probably gross overkill; unless you have > 50 workstations you could probably swing it with a P166 and an IDE disk. A server like this doesn't need much CPU; if a slow PII would give you more cash for RAM or disk space, it's better spent there than on wasted cycles. For a good example doing basic file service: ftp.cdrom.com supports > 3000 simultaneous users at 400GB+/day throughput on a P6/200 with 1GB of RAM. You don't need lots of CPU; you want disk and RAM (for disk cache). If you're going to use a 3C905, make sure you're installing 2.2.7-stable on the system (ie. go to releng22.freebsd.org to do your install), as support for these cards was not in 2.2.7-RELEASE. Alternatively, use an Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message