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Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 11:55:19 -0600
From: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org>
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Subject: [OT] sendmail server hardware questions
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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