20,000 emails with attachments can be quite heavy on the server. I would think P4 with RAID will be sufficient. Using SATA hard disks will help to, unless you're planning to go SCSI. Lots of RAM.
Regards, Riezal Ross -----Original Message----- From: Stanley Robins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 3:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [qmailtoaster] Re: Server configuration ok, even if i centos, what do you think should be a good ideal server config, will p4 with Raid do ?? On 2/20/06, Riezal Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would have to second that recommendation. I wouldn't go with Fedora > as the base platform. CentOS would be my first choice. Why use Fedora > when you can have RHEL's clone. > > Regards, > > Riezal Ross > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dairenn Lombard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 2:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [qmailtoaster] Server configuration > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stanley Robins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 10:44 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [qmailtoaster] Server configuration > > > > > > what is the best server configuration for Qmail Email server ? > > > > we will have a load of 20,000 emails per day, what do you feel will > > be the ideal configuration of the machine, p4, 2GB RAM, 200 gig > > HDD, pls give me your suggesstions. > > > > i am trying to install QmailToaster on fedora 4 > > Hi Stanley, > > I would not run 20,000 emails a day through a Fedora computer, no > mater which e-mail software you're using. I would onsider CentOS > instead. > > Beyond that, RAM and Disk I/O would be my priorities. Idealy, you'd > have a 3+ SATA RAID5 situation on a box with at least 1-2 gigs of RAM. > > > - Dairenn > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
