----- Original Message ----- From: "Zbigniew Szalbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; "Ian Lord" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 12:06 AM Subject: Re: Small Redundant web/mail setup
> Hello, > > On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > > The really big ISP's use proprietary commercial clustering solutions > > that make multiple systems appear as one single system. We are talking > > hundreds of thousands to millions of users. We are not talking 5000 > > users or fewer. > > > > You can easily serve 5K users on a single server. You just need to > > get good hardware. In other words, costs start at $5000 and go up. > > Ian - not sure if it is appropriate to ask but because one day I will need > to think about a server with solid hardware, what would you advise me to > look at? I mean look company-wise? Or simply select from a list of a > server-type machines that costs more than 5K? > Well, you probbaly want to start with the name brands who actually know that FreeBSD exists! Start here: http://www.testdrive.hp.com Click on the Sign Up for an Account link right under the FreeBSD logo. Ted _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
