From owner-freebsd-isp Fri May 30 10:41:07 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA27806 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 30 May 1997 10:41:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from axe.cablenet.net (axe.cablenet.net [194.154.36.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA27800 for ; Fri, 30 May 1997 10:41:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from axe (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by axe.cablenet.net (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id SAA26792 for ; Fri, 30 May 1997 18:38:13 +0100 Message-ID: <338F1084.4A7B7C1D@cablenet.net> Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 18:38:12 +0100 From: Damian Hamill Organization: CableNet Ltd X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.4 sun4m) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: ultimate freebsd server Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I didn't really want to come here and trouble you guys with yet another "check out my spec" message but as I'm now putting together a shopping list to build some heavy duty Freebsd servers I didn't want to make a mistake and order 3 of the wrong thing. We are just about to upgrade our service in a big way and I won't get a second chance at this. So instead of a "check out my spec" can I ask you guys for the specs (i.e. make and models) for what you would build from scratch for a heavy duty server to run FreeBSD 2.2.2. Application areas are News feeder & reader servers, Web & FTP servers and proxy cache servers. We aren't exactly loaded with cash but performance and reliability (especially reliability) are going to be much more important than price. I hope you can help. Email me privately if you wish (it might avoid a "this ones better than that one" - flame fest). regards damian -- * Damian Hamill M.D. damian@cablenet.net * CableNet & The Landscape Channel * http://www.cablenet.net/ http://www.landscapetv.com/