thank you, i will try that.. Stanley
On 2/20/06, Dairenn Lombard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That depends on the average size of each message and over what period of > time that quantity of messages are being delivered. That said, if you > put three 200GB SATA drives in a RAID5 array, add 2GB of RAM on a P4 > with a 10Mbit/Sec. uplink, you can expect to be able to deliver 20,000 > messages a day (although you might want to consider more bandwidth). > > You should do what we did and just set up the server, and then write a > shell script to stress-test the box, and see what it can handle; how > much e-mail it can deal with. I wrote this script for FreeBSD to do > just that: > > #!/bin/sh > # > # usage: > # ./stresstest.sh [EMAIL PROTECTED] > # or enter ./stresstest.sh by itself to be prompted for e-mail address. > > mailaddr=$1 > if /bin/test "$1" = "" > then > clear > echo -n "Please type the recipient's email address: " > read mailaddr > fi > echo Sending 1,000 32KB messages to $mailaddr... > # > for count in `jot 1000` > do > message=`jot -b 1 16384` > ( /bin/echo "To: $mailaddr" ;\ > /bin/echo "Subject: qmail toaster stress test" ;\ > /bin/echo "$message" ;\ > /bin/echo "." ;\ > ) | /usr/sbin/sendmail -t [EMAIL PROTECTED] > echo -n . > done > echo "Done!" > > To delete the test messages, just go into qmailadmin and delete the > recipient mailboxes. > > Jot doesn't come with linux, but you can install it by downloading it > from > http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/athena-jot/athena-jot_9.0.orig. > tar.gz > > tar -zxvf athena-jot_9.0.orig.tar.gz > cd into the dir it creates, and follow the instructions on compiling it. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stanley Robins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 12:14 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [qmailtoaster] Re: Server configuration > > > > > > i more quick question if i have a p4 machine with 2 GB of RAM > > and 200 GB SATA Raid drives, and a 10 MBPS internet link.. > > how many emails will i be able to send via qmail ??? just a > > approx estimation.. > > > > Thank you for your help > > > > On 2/20/06, Riezal Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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] > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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]
