On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 17:27, 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.
It depends on who those users are and what they do. For 1000 users of a dial-up ISP you don't need anything special, no-one sells hardware that is so small it can't handle such a load. For 1000 users of a corporate LAN attaching Word and PowerPoint documents to their email you'll need a fairly decent server, get a couple of gigs of RAM and 4-5 disks in a RAID array and it should be fine. -- http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced Linux packages http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
