1. A few hundred domains is not small. 2. Raid 5 should never be used for general usage, only for databases when there is a separate transaction log. Raid 5 is poor on write speed. 3. For spam, AV scanning, receiving and sending, web messaging and etc for a few hundred domains, dual P2 550 is not going to be much.
Recommendations: Search the archives. There is a lot of information on hardware and configurations there. Number of domains is no where near as important as number of messages received and sent per day, and services installed and used, and how many users. John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:IMail_Forum- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Schaible > Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 1:43 PM > To: IMail Forum > Subject: [IMail Forum] Server Type for IMail > > Hi, > > My Question is a bit off-topic: > > I should setup a new IMail Server for a few hundred Domains. I have to choose > between two > existing hardware. My question is, which type you would prefer: > > Compaq ProLiant 1850, 2 x P2 550 MHz, 2 GB RAM, 3 SCSI Disks 18 GB configured as > RAID 5. > > or > > No Name Blade Server, 1 x P4 2,8 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 2 S-ATA Disks 160 MB configured > as RAID 1 > > I think, for a small IMail Server, both boxes are good enough. Maybe the blade server > is > too good. > > What do you think? > > -- > > Mit freundlichen Gr�ssen > > -------------------------------------------- > Merlin Consulting > Martin Schaible > Bahnhofstrasse 27 > CH-8702 Zollikon > > Phone: +41 1 391 30 00 > Fax: +41 1 391 32 49 > > Mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > URL: http://www.merlinconsulting.ch > Support: http://support.merlinconsulting.ch > > GPS: N47 20.235 E8 34.226 > -------------------------------------------- > News - Neue Produkte: > > .:. Kiwi Syslog Monitor > .:. Paessler GmbH > .:. Sawmill Loganalyzer > -------------------------------------------- > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
