On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 10:27:56AM -0600, Asher Densmore-Lynn wrote: > Can anyone give me any figures on how much machine I need to serve as a > mail server for N users? > > I appreciate that every server is unique, but I can't judge these things > for the life of me, and if I had baseline numbers I could modify them to > suit. \: > > I'm looking at a thousand users, but anything would help.
pretty nearly any relatively "modern" (as in less than 5 years old) machine will be more than capable of handling mail for 1000 users. spend between $500 and $1000 USD on a decent new machine and you'll have no problems. pay attention to the brand/model of the motherboard and the disk drive(s), they are the most important components. this won't give you any crash-proofing or crash-recovery - for that you need RAID 1, 0+1 or 5 disk (it's the only form of "backup" that is any use at all for extremely transient data like email)...which will add significantly to the price. my preference is for RAID-5 with a large non-volatile write-cache...very fast & very safe. craig -- craig sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fabricati Diem, PVNC. -- motto of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
