Re: [qmailtoaster] new server hardware

2007-03-09 Thread Michael H
David Milholen wrote: Now that sounds interesting, I definately want to check on this. I do not have much experience with xeon but I have heard good things. Hey David, There's nothing particular to learn about Xeons, esp if you start with a distribution like CentOS -- it will pick the right

Re: [qmailtoaster] new server hardware

2007-03-08 Thread Igor Vukotić
I use SuperMicro 1U in various configuration (2x opteron, 2x xeon, 1x P4) and price is from 800$-2000$ depends of hardware. It's a big diffirent (and price) if you are running IMAP with a lot of users, i use 3WARE 12ch SATA RAID and 12x250Gb (RAID 5 + HOT SPARE) with 120 email accaunts, after

Re: [qmailtoaster] new server hardware

2007-03-08 Thread Jake Vickers
David Milholen wrote: I need some ideas on a new 2u or 1u 19 server for sending about 50,000 emails in a day. I can build the server if there isnt a package to meet the needs. I just need a server that will handle that kind of load and have room for a secondary drive for mirroring. I would like

Re: [qmailtoaster] new server hardware

2007-03-08 Thread David Milholen
That is about what I have now. It seems to do really well with about the same customer base you have, but I have one business client on there that sends about 35,000 emails with a maillist manager. I installing the new mail server with more horse power to take care of my business clients for the

Re: [qmailtoaster] new server hardware

2007-03-08 Thread David Milholen
Sounds really good,but I am steering towards some pentium based hardware so that I do not have to go looking for specialized drivers for linux. David Milholen wrote: I need some ideas on a new 2u or 1u 19 server for sending about 50,000 emails in a day. I can build the server if there isnt a

Re: [qmailtoaster] new server hardware

2007-03-08 Thread David Milholen
Now that sounds interesting, I definately want to check on this. I do not have much experience with xeon but I have heard good things. Thanks I use SuperMicro 1U in various configuration (2x opteron, 2x xeon, 1x P4) and price is from 800$-2000$ depends of hardware. It's a big diffirent (and

[qmailtoaster] new server hardware

2007-03-07 Thread David Milholen
I need some ideas on a new 2u or 1u 19 server for sending about 50,000 emails in a day. I can build the server if there isnt a package to meet the needs. I just need a server that will handle that kind of load and have room for a secondary drive for mirroring. I would like to have a dual

Re: [qmailtoaster] new server hardware

2007-03-07 Thread Ryan Gibbons
David Milholen wrote: I need some ideas on a new 2u or 1u 19 server for sending about 50,000 emails in a day. I can build the server if there isnt a package to meet the needs. I just need a server that will handle that kind of load and have room for a secondary drive for mirroring. I would like