Re: [CentOS] How fast?

2009-10-07 Thread m . roth
On Oct 6, 2009, at 2:23 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote: From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Paul Heinlein Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 12:35 AM The bigger issue is ensuring that an older computer has enough disk space to house a modern distro and enough

Re: [CentOS] How fast?

2009-10-06 Thread Sorin Srbu
-Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of ML Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 11:42 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: [CentOS] How fast? How fast does a a small DNS Server need to be? I will have about 10 servers and a few

Re: [CentOS] How fast?

2009-10-06 Thread Sorin Srbu
-Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Paul Heinlein Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 12:35 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] How fast? The bigger issue is ensuring that an older computer has enough disk space

Re: [CentOS] How fast?

2009-10-06 Thread Robert Heller
At Mon, 5 Oct 2009 22:02:11 -0500 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: On 10/5/09, Robert Heller hel...@deepsoft.com wrote: At Mon, 5 Oct 2009 15:34:38 -0700 (PDT) CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: How fast does a a small DNS Server need to be? I will have about 10

Re: [CentOS] How fast?

2009-10-06 Thread Warren, Eucke
-Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Sorin Srbu Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 12:23 AM To: 'CentOS mailing list' Subject: Re: [CentOS] How fast? If I may suggest Smoothwall for a firewall appliance

Re: [CentOS] How fast?

2009-10-06 Thread Benjamin Franz
ML wrote: I replaced a modern retail firewall/router with a 500 Mhz Celeron with 512K RAM (Intel 810e motherboard) and a PCI dual port ethernet card of because the 'modern' POS turnkey couldn't handle 100 mbits/second through the WAN interface. The 500Mhz celeron with CentOS5 handled

Re: [CentOS] How fast?

2009-10-06 Thread Kevin Krieser
On Oct 6, 2009, at 2:23 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote: -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Paul Heinlein Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 12:35 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] How fast? The bigger issue

[CentOS] How fast?

2009-10-05 Thread ML
HI All, How fast does a a small DNS Server need to be? I will have about 10 servers and a few workstations. I have a few older Compaq PIII boxes with 1gb RAM each or I have faster P4 boxes. Same question as above, just a Vyatta type device, Firewalling? -ML

Re: [CentOS] How fast?

2009-10-05 Thread Bill Campbell
On Mon, Oct 05, 2009, ML wrote: HI All, How fast does a a small DNS Server need to be? I will have about 10 servers and a few workstations. I have a few older Compaq PIII boxes with 1gb RAM each or I have faster P4 boxes. Not fast at all. We have run them on Pentium 75s and 486 boxes

Re: [CentOS] How fast?

2009-10-05 Thread Robert Heller
At Mon, 5 Oct 2009 14:42:17 -0700 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: HI All, How fast does a a small DNS Server need to be? I will have about 10 servers and a few workstations. I have a few older Compaq PIII boxes with 1gb RAM each or I have faster P4 boxes. The PIII's

Re: [CentOS] How fast?

2009-10-05 Thread nate
ML wrote: HI All, How fast does a a small DNS Server need to be? I will have about 10 servers and a few workstations. I have a few older Compaq PIII boxes with 1gb RAM each or I have faster P4 boxes. Your watch is probably sufficient. nate ___

Re: [CentOS] How fast?

2009-10-05 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Mon, 5 Oct 2009, nate wrote: ML wrote: HI All, How fast does a a small DNS Server need to be? I will have about 10 servers and a few workstations. I have a few older Compaq PIII boxes with 1gb RAM each or I have faster P4 boxes. Your watch is probably sufficient. Or your phone...

Re: [CentOS] How fast?

2009-10-05 Thread Robert Heller
At Mon, 5 Oct 2009 15:34:38 -0700 (PDT) CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: On Mon, 5 Oct 2009, nate wrote: ML wrote: HI All, How fast does a a small DNS Server need to be? I will have about 10 servers and a few workstations. I have a few older Compaq PIII boxes with

Re: [CentOS] How fast?

2009-10-05 Thread Benjamin Franz
Robert Heller wrote: Right. You'll *have* to get at least a socket-7 motherboard with a K6 processor and DIMM RAM sockets and PCI bus, if only because getting old-school SIMMs is hard these days. And getting a distro with install kernels (much less stock kernels) for less than a 586 is

Re: [CentOS] How fast?

2009-10-05 Thread Giovanni P. Tirloni
On Oct 5, 2009, at 8:34 PM, Benjamin Franz wrote: Robert Heller wrote: Right. You'll *have* to get at least a socket-7 motherboard with a K6 processor and DIMM RAM sockets and PCI bus, if only because getting old-school SIMMs is hard these days. And getting a distro with install

Re: [CentOS] How fast?

2009-10-05 Thread ML
I replaced a modern retail firewall/router with a 500 Mhz Celeron with 512K RAM (Intel 810e motherboard) and a PCI dual port ethernet card of because the 'modern' POS turnkey couldn't handle 100 mbits/second through the WAN interface. The 500Mhz celeron with CentOS5 handled that plus

Re: [CentOS] How fast?

2009-10-05 Thread John R Pierce
ML wrote: HI All, How fast does a a small DNS Server need to be? I will have about 10 servers and a few workstations. I have a few older Compaq PIII boxes with 1gb RAM each or I have faster P4 boxes. Same question as above, just a Vyatta type device, Firewalling? I ran

Re: [CentOS] How fast?

2009-10-05 Thread Lanny Marcus
On 10/5/09, Robert Heller hel...@deepsoft.com wrote: At Mon, 5 Oct 2009 15:34:38 -0700 (PDT) CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: How fast does a a small DNS Server need to be? I will have about 10 servers and a few workstations. I have a few older Compaq PIII boxes with 1gb RAM

Re: [CentOS] How fast?

2009-10-05 Thread Keith Keller
On Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 05:19:17PM -0700, John R Pierce wrote: I'd consider RELIABILITY far more important than speed.key to DNS reliablity is to have an offsite backup for any authoritative DNS.my homebrew DNS network involves my home box on my DSL, my friend's home box who is in