On Tue, 16 May 2000, James Edwards wrote: > The PIII is what made me think you were going to NT. I almost never do > cross-platform stuff if I can avoid it, I have been burned too many times. > I sometimes forget other people do Solaris on x86. I tend to try to avoid it as well, but we have some applications that, unfortunately, require Sparc :( Everything else is being moved (or has been moved) to x86 ... > > Sorry bout that. > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marc G. Fournier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 10:57 AM > To: James Edwards > Cc: 'Marc G. Fournier'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [FW1] Hardware requirements for 100Mps pipe? > > > On Tue, 16 May 2000, James Edwards wrote: > > > I have an Ultra 1 I use for my firewall with two 100Mbit connections > running > > into it and it has no problems. All you should need is a new Sbus card > and > > you'll be ready to go. I can't imagine moving from a Unix machine to an > NT > > machine. > > Not sure where you got the impression taht I was going to an NT machine, > but that is the last place I'd be going ... *shiver* > > > > > > Jim Edwards > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Marc G. Fournier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 7:41 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [FW1] Hardware requirements for 100Mps pipe? > > > > > > > > > > Morning all ... > > > > Looking for an idea of what sort of hardware I'd need to pick up > > to handle an Internet connection running 10Mps/FD ... we have an Ultra1 > > right now that tends to have a problem with 10Mps/HD, so we know we have > > to upgrade it ... > > > > I'm partial to going with a Dual-PIII server myself, but is that > > overkill? under-kill? how much RAM? > > > > Its a heavily used connection, with it being pretty much max'd out > > when the students come back in the fall ... > > > > Marc G. Fournier [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Senior Systems Administrator Acadia University > > > > "These are my opinions, which are not necessarily shared by my employer" > > > > > > > > > > > ============================================================================ > > ==== > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at > > http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html > > > ============================================================================ > > ==== > > > > Marc G. Fournier [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Senior Systems Administrator Acadia University > > "These are my opinions, which are not necessarily shared by my employer" > Marc G. Fournier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior Systems Administrator Acadia University "These are my opinions, which are not necessarily shared by my employer" ================================================================================ To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================================================
