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Date:      Wed, 23 Apr 1997 10:43:00 +0100
From:      Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net>
To:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: advice on machone choice for servers
Message-ID:  <19970423104300.39417@pavilion.net>
In-Reply-To: <D80972EE8@integral.on.ca>; from David Empey on Wed, Apr 23, 1997 at 12:58:24AM %2B0500
References:  <D80972EE8@integral.on.ca>

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On Wed, Apr 23, 1997 at 12:58:24AM +0500, David Empey wrote:
> Greetings:
> 
> I'm hoping to pick the brains of some more experienced freeBSD users. 
> I'd like to set up a mail server (approx. 250 messages per day at 
> present) and a web server (100 hits a day approx., rarely more than 2 
> at the same time) on an older 486/66 with 8MB RAM under freeBSD.  Is 
> this combination likely to fly?  Any advice welcome, with thanks.
> 

I don't see why not.  A friend of mine is running X windows, a web server
and Netscape 3 on his.  It chunters a bit, but does the trick.

250 messages/day is approx 10 per hour.  100 hits per day is approx 4
per hour.  Easy life :)

Joe
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Josef Karthauser        
Technical Manager       Email: joe@pavilion.net
Pavilion Internet plc.  [Tel: +44 1273 607072  Fax: +44 1273 607073]




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