Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 10:14:37 +0800 (SGT) From: sweeting@tm.net.my To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: system configuration advice pls. Message-ID: <v01540b12af56b52d990e@[202.184.153.110]>
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I have inherited a sysadmin job and what appears to be
a pretty inefficient network comprising :
DEC 500 Alpha (Digital Unix) - running 3 webservers, DNS for an entire C class,
quite heavy mail server. It's
struggling with only
64 MB RAM
DEC 200 Alpha (Digital Unix) - running only one webserver with 96 MB RAM
(don't ask !)
DEC 266 Alpha (NT) - running 3 webservers.
Pentium P166 (64 MB RAM) - running 2 webservers.
IBM RS/600 (running AIX) - running 3 webservers.
Now, if i understand this correctly, DNS and Mail should be run by themselves on
dedicated machines. Is this correct ?
The pentium at least will be switched to FBSD. But what should i run on it ?
Would it be best suited for DNS ? Or virtual webservers ? or virtual email
servers ?
( Email servers i guess can run on a slower machine and less RAM but more
HD space.)
I would prefer to use FBSD than Digital Unix even but ....
1. wouldn't digital unix be faster since it is made for their hardware ?
2. does FreeBSD for Alpha run perfectly ? (i had the impresssion that some
of the
ports etc didn't run as well.... and that the OS lagged the x86 version of
FBSD - pls
do correct me if an wrong)
Thank you very much for your help.
chas
ps. in general, which is more important - CPU or RAM for DNS and webservers ?
just out of a matter of interest, how many small websites (5,000
hits per day each
average) would you fit onto a FBSD box with pentium 166 and 128 MB RAM ?
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