In my experience you would be fine with #2... or even a bit less.
We've got a box running a P2-450, BX440, 256M SDRam, and Mirrored IDE
Seagate drives (18GB ea).
Running NT Server.
Hope this helps,
_Pete
----- Original Message -----
From: Curtis Faulkner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: IMail_Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 12:20
Subject: [IMail Forum] New install
> I am purchasing a machine to put iMail on. As a school system, budget is
of
> course an issue. that is why I was curious as to whether it would be a
safe
> move to go with a non-server designed machine. Here are my choices... Are
> they both okay?
>
> <Most Expensive>
>
> 1) Server-oriented machine: Intel PII 440BX motherboard (single
processor),
> Pentium III 500, 256 MB RAM, 3 9.1 GB Ultra2 SCSI drives, and AMI MegaRAID
> EXP300 U2 LVD 1 chnl 32 MB
>
> 2) NON-Server-oriented machine: Microstar Dual PII 440BX AGP w/2ch UWSCSI
> motherboard, one Pentium III 500, 256 MB RAM, 3 9.1 GB Ultra2 SCSI drives,
> and Adaptec AHA2940U2W SCSI LVD controller.
>
> <Least Expensive>
>
> Can I function okay with #2? More specifics regarding the machines are
> available, I just posted what I thought was relevant.
>
> -Curtis Faulkner
>
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