On Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 03:25:45PM +0200, Peter van Dijk wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 07:20:03PM -0400, blue wrote:
> > I am looking at purchasing a new machine to set-up qmail. We are estimating
> > a build up to
> > appx 250,000 emails a day. What kind of system (PC) would you recommend for
> > this
> > kind of traffic ?
>
> A simple PII/350 with 128mbyte will do just fine. Your needs are not very
> complicated or outrageous, so don't worry about getting top-notch stuff.
Hmm. Would that depend on whether the 250K are mostly in or outbound?
It might also depend on what they are using to access the email, if it's
qpopper and /var/mail then I'd want more memory. If it's qmail-pop3d, then
it's probably ok.
I'd think that the CPU and memory will be fine, but I'd suggest he gets
a couple of spindles so that he can separate out the queue.
It might also depend on what they are using to access the email, if it's
qpopper and /var/mail then I'd want more memory. If it's qmail-pop3d, then
it's probably ok.
But yes, the requirements aren't huge but I'd still want to leave plenty
of headroom so that he doesn't have to reassess the situation in 3-6 months
depending on his growth.
Mark.
