From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Apr 4 17:21:55 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA26120 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 17:21:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from etinc.com (etinc.com [204.141.244.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA26115 for ; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 17:21:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.etinc.com ([204.141.95.148]) by etinc.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id UAA09169 for ; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 20:25:03 -0500 Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 20:25:03 -0500 Message-Id: <199604050125.UAA09169@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Subject: Re: Recommendation Needed for server setup Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >On Thu, 4 Apr 1996, Joel Kelmenson wrote: > >> for a web and news server. I have one system that I would like >> to use. It is a P90 PCI, 8mb, 720mb ide drive. > >First, take it from my expierence... blah, blah, blah. Talk to a hundred guys get a hundred different opinions. You're on your own, basically...live and learn. Most people buy way too much horsepower..remember you cant pump out more data that youve got total bandwidth...so if youve got 50 modems and a 128k serial line having 100Mbs procesing power isnt gonna make a big difference in your tput. People were running isps with slow '486s not so long ago, so buy what you can afford and upgrade as you expand. Remember that todays motherboard is garbage next year. Dennis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25 for BSD/OS, FreeBSD and LINUX