Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 11:55:19 -0600 From: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: [OT] sendmail server hardware questions Message-ID: <20041108175519.GA92358@polands.org>
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Hello, Sorry for the off-topic nature of this post, but I'd like to get a feel for the responses from a community I trust. I have a customer who's goal is to send approx 1,000,000 outgoing emails per day. That's about 12/second. When it comes time to spec hardware, I want to configure a machine that will handle the load with aplomb. The box will be co-located so out-going bandwidth shouldn't be an issue. One would think the most important sub-system on a box of this nature would be a fast disk sub-system. Also important, I would think, would be a lot of system RAM to create as many simultaeous SMTP connections as "feasible". Is this sound reasoning? Are there other factors to consider? Any documentation or mailing lists that I should consult? Thanks for your help. -- Regards, Doug
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