From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Dec 9 12:57:15 1995 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA13115 for isp-outgoing; Sat, 9 Dec 1995 12:57:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from alpha.ftcnet.com (admin@alpha.ftcnet.com [204.174.119.252]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA13110 for ; Sat, 9 Dec 1995 12:57:06 -0800 (PST) Received: (from admin@localhost) by alpha.ftcnet.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) id MAA29051; Sat, 9 Dec 1995 12:52:52 -0800 Date: Sat, 9 Dec 1995 12:52:51 -0800 (PST) From: Bernard Klatt To: sreid@edmbbs.iceonline.com cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hardware for ISP / WWW server In-Reply-To: <9512090501.D5651Li@edmbbs.iceonline.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 9 Dec 1995 sreid@edmbbs.iceonline.com wrote: > 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... I'd recommend taking a look at the www.amazing.com/internet Web page. It should answer nearly all ISP startup related questions. > 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 Don't buy 'cheap' here. If you can afford it, go with USR Courier V.Everything external's. The new ones do 33.6 (maybe 38.4). > Cheap ethernet card so a nearby Dos machine can have net access Avoid NE-2000, 3Com 3C509's have better drivers. > With 32 megs, we'll have only a minimal newsfeed... Everything will > be handled by this one machine. Is this do-able? Yes, but you'll want to move news to a 2nd machine as soon as possible. > > 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? SCSI is the ONLY reasonable choice for a multi-tasking operating system. SCSI-II is fine, you don't really need SCSI-III or Wide. > Any advice would be appreciated. Bernard Klatt Owner Fairview Tech Ctr Ltd. www.ftcnet.com