On Thu, 23 Sep 1999 10:35:04 -0500, Luke Blanshard wrote:
>1. How much hardware? Initially we want enough capacity to deliver a
>million mails a day. We plan to use a series of Linux boxes, and multiplex
>the messages across them. How many will we need, and how powerful?
With a Pentium 133/64MB/SCSI (1 or 2) we do 20-30 messages/s with real
life ezmlm lists. These particular data are for a list with recipients
all over the world. The server is not fully loaded with lists, but
should be able to sustain this. Bounces are handled by a different
host. Performance seems to be more of less the same using EIDE.
-Sincerely, Fred
(Frederik Lindberg, Infectious Diseases, WashU, St. Louis, MO, USA)
