From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Dec 20 08:46:03 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id IAA26628 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 20 Dec 1996 08:46:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from hobbes.crc.com (hobbes.crc.com [192.251.235.201]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id IAA26617 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 1996 08:45:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from kafka.hqs.crc.com by hobbes.crc.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0vb899-0003AoC; Fri, 20 Dec 96 11:50 EST Received: from pelican.hqs.crc.com (pelican.hqs.crc.com [192.146.211.52]) by kafka.hqs.crc.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA05851; Fri, 20 Dec 1996 11:44:19 GMT Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19961220164608.00668434@kafka.hqs.crc.com> X-Sender: dpb@kafka.hqs.crc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 11:46:08 -0500 To: pitlord@nrv.net From: Dan Benjamin Subject: Re: New game in town Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >To keep starup costs down, we've elected to use the IDE drives. We >plan to keep a close eye on system/network resources, and stay on top >of potential problems. I'd reconsider. You may save yourself a couple hundred dollars to start out with, but how much will you loose when you loose your customers to competition because *their* servers are still running? Yes, it makes that much difference. >We're also planning on using either a 386/25 or 486/33 to run an >authentication server and name server, leaving the main server for >mail, web, ftp, and other services (no news for now, thank God). I'd go with the 486, and get plenty of memory and HD space - don't be fooled into thinking that running DNS for only 1 domain is an easy task. Just remember each time a user connects *anywhere* they will ask your 486 to resolve its IP. >We're also thinking of throwing together a decent 486 system to use >as a user shell/web server, allowing almost full development access Make that a Pentium with sizeable memory and swap. >Would it be wise to use samba to allow subscribers to mount their >home directories from their own machine? It would be very unwise. >How would I go about setting up the /home filesystem so that I >could mount additional media as we gain users? Home should be a mount point for one of your drives, which you can divide up however you might want - a constant source for debate. I wont enter it. Good luck. ============================================== Dan Benjamin dpb@kafka.hqs.crc.com Office (407) 244-3700 x1017 Pager (407) 980-8239 ============================================== Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.