Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 08:41:10 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> To: Bill Vermillion <bv@wjv.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Maximum recommended user limits on mail server Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10303190835230.26390-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <20030319140557.GA16125@wjv.com>
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On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Bill Vermillion wrote: > A person I know is looking to have a mail server with 10K-15K > accounts and 50 virtual domains. > > He's thinking he needs to go with 'big iron' such as SUN. Well, if he wants to waste money.... 10 to 15K accounts is not a lot accounts. Plus, "Sun big iron" comes with such slow processors. For instance, the 2.4Ghz Xeon is going to be faster than any single Sun processor. You'll need a quad Ultrasparc to keep up with a basic dual Xeon (like Dell Poweredge 2650). > ISTR that I've seen many systems discussed on this list with user > counts far higher than that running on BSD systems. My /etc/master.passwd has 27,500 entries. This is on a dual P3-1Ghz. It is not really loaded. I will run out of disk space before, the CPUs get bogged down. > Any pointers to references or a quick summary of your server > for systems which match the above would be appreciated. > > Thanks. > > Bill > -- > Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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