Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 04:33:13 -0500 (CDT) From: Robert W Schlotterbeck <rws@nothing.org> To: Langa Kentane <evablunted@earthling.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, linux-admin@vger.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Proxy/Firewall hardware recommendations Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906230430200.59692-100000@undertow.lan> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.56.19990623094503.00975d40@pop3.intekom.com>
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I do this, with less outgoing mail, and squid on a p60. The load average rarely spikes above .1, it never crashes, and never has any major problems. Although I'm using a cable modem, it shouldn't make much difference. I can see how NT would need that kind of hardware, though. ;) On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, Langa Kentane wrote: > Hi all. > I am planning to put up a FreeBSD/Linux machine as a proxy/firewall. The > machine to do Network Address Translation. There will be 20 machines > sitting behind the proxy/firewall > > At the moment I have a PII Celeron with 64 meg ram and a 4 gig ide > hdd. This machine is directly connected to a Cisco 1601 router connecting > to a 256k diginet line. > > Is this hardware sufficient to support this system? > > The other thing I wanted to ask you guys is if I put up a mail server on > the same machine. Say for instance sending at the most 200 messages a day > and receiving about another 300 and setting up apache getting 10 hits for > the first 2 months and thereafter about a 100 at the most on a daily > basis. Would this be too much for the machine to handle? > > We are still discussing if the mail gonna be web based on the system. I > guess that should change things a bit coz we will be running a virtual > server for the mail. > > What do you guys think would be the best hardware for this type of > system? And if I should require to machines, what is the best way to > balance the load between them, ie which apps/daemons should run on which > machines? > > Thanks in advance > Langa Kentane > Networking Specialist > Intekom PTY/LTD [ http://www.intekom.com ] > Tel: +2721 488 9400 > Cell +27829271215 > [ http://members.xoom.com/evablunted ] > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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