>We run around 60K users per server (one dual CPU 500mhz with 512MB of RAM
>and lots of disk space) and have had zero problems. We have handled over
>300K messages in the last month with no difficulties. It is supposed to
>scale to 150K users per machine with no problems.
But what's your avg CPU, RAM, and disk i/o utilization (not disk
space)? I bet under 10%, maybe under 5%. ie, with a machine 25% as
powerful, you'd be comfortable.
>The spec they gave me on the phone was 256MB RAM/ single Pentium Pro but I
>figured that was a bit weak.
You figured wrong, but what the heck, wasting lotsa of money is fun! vbg
The only report I've ever seen here about being underpowered was a
guy recently with just 20,000 web-messaging-only users and he was
hurting with a fairly powerful machine. That's not an "mail"
problem, it's an HTTP web server pb. One needs to consider the vast
increase in resources that web msging require vs POP/SMTP access, to
say nothing the stability of web messaging, and the increased user
support (attachment pbs, 12-min time-out pb's, HTML template
maintenance per version upgrade and per domain, etc, etc).
Len
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