Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 17:46:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Scott Kupferschmidt <sk@isprime.com> To: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which FreeBSD? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0307011743170.9508-100000@lexus.isprime.com> In-Reply-To: <20030701162158.V84792@duey.wolves.k12.mo.us>
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FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE would be your best bet. While the machine is a little much just for 10 users, think of expandability for the future. There may be a need for the extra power later on, so it is good that you are using this hardware. I'm sure one can think of other things to use a FreeBSD box other than just mail and DNS :-) Sincerely, Scott Kupferschmidt ISPrime, Inc. 866.502.4678 ext. 3 AIM: Scott ISPrime - ICQ: 174337249 On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Chris Dillon wrote: > This belongs in -questions, not -smp. > > On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, David Newman wrote: > > > Greetings. For a small office (~10 users), I am planning to build a > > mail and DNS server using FreeBSD-SMP; details below. My > > requirements are availability and performance, in that order. > > > > Which FreeBSD is better suited for this -- 4.8 or 5.1? > > 4.8-RELEASE or 4.8-STABLE > > > Hardware: > > Compaq Proliant 1850R 6/550 (2 x 550-MHz PIII), 1 Gbyte RAM, 2 x > > 18-Gbyte SCSI drives > > 1000% overkill for only 10 users. As an example, I (still) have a > 66MHz 486 with 48MB RAM and a single 2GB SCSI drive handling over 300 > users with sendmail and cyrus-imapd. Focus on reliability foremost, > so mirror those two SCSI drives you have. The Proliant 1850R doesn't > offer the ability to use redundant memory, but it at least does ECC. > You'll also have an extra processor already there if one happens to go > south, and you would never notice it was gone. > > > Software: > > postfix, courier-imap, bind > > Consider cyrus-imapd2 or cyrus-imapd22 instead of courier-imap. Very > reliable, very fast, and offers you the ability to create a "black > box" mail appliance that does not require the use of local user > accounts, if you wish to go that route. > > -- > Chris Dillon - cdillon(at)wolves.k12.mo.us > FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet > - Available for IA32, IA64, PC98, Alpha, and UltraSPARC architectures > - x86-64, PowerPC, ARM, MIPS, and S/390 under development > - http://www.freebsd.org > > No trees were harmed in the composition of this message, although some > electrons were mildly inconvenienced. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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