3 * PII 350s on a small office LAN, all 3.8 release & binary only: LAN server, home dirs, backups, mail, 2 * 3Gig drives, 128Mb ram:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/wd0a 49.3M 23.3M 23.6M 50% / /dev/wd0h 295M 6.0K 280M 0% /tmp /dev/wd0g 98.3M 9.5M 83.9M 10% /var /dev/wd0e 942K 46.0K 850K 5% /var/named /dev/wd0f 49.4M 104K 46.8M 0% /var/spool/postfix /dev/wd0d 245M 153M 80.1M 66% /usr /dev/wd0i 2.1G 15.5M 2.0G 1% /home /dev/wd1d 2.7G 102M 2.4G 4% /var/snapshots LAN log box, 1 * 3Gig drive, 64Mb ram: Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/wd0a 49.3M 22.5M 24.3M 48% / /dev/wd0e 98.3M 34.0K 93.4M 0% /tmp /dev/wd0d 195M 123M 61.8M 67% /usr /dev/wd0f 98.3M 5.3M 88.1M 6% /var /dev/wd0g 2.4G 2.6M 2.3G 0% /var/log Public host, database, web server & cache, DNS master, MX backup 1 * 3Gig & 1 * 4Gig drives, 196Mb ram: /dev/wd0a 49.3M 27.9M 19.0M 59% / /dev/wd0j 245M 4.0K 233M 0% /tmp /dev/wd0e 195M 3.1M 182M 2% /var /dev/wd0f 9.6M 106K 9.1M 1% /var/named /dev/wd0h 490M 25.4M 440M 5% /var/postgresql /dev/wd0g 490M 16.9M 448M 4% /var/www /dev/wd1d 3.7G 76.0K 3.5G 0% /var/spool/postfix /dev/wd0i 9.6M 20.0K 9.1M 0% /home /dev/wd0k 490M 130M 336M 28% /var/squid /dev/wd0l 493M 2.0K 468M 0% /var/spool/news /dev/wd0d 295M 169M 111M 60% /usr Plenty of room to play with, swap is never used, processer loads never get above 0.8. 5 used boxes delivered to the door for less than a quater of the cost of 1 new Dell desktop. OpenBSD rocks on old kit. Disk reliability? rsnapshot the lot to 1 disk & backup the contents offsite nightly. If the office burns down, I'll not morn the hardware & can recover without drama.