IMO, for what you are talking about, both machines are over-spec'd. Email is not time critical and 12 users and Samba will hardly cause any box to crack a sweat - we're not talking Windows here. If I had this situation I would use the 1GHz box, pull out 1Gb of RAM and sell it to recoup some of the costs. Win - win all round.
On Sun, April 30, 2006 12:02, Kevin Fitzgerald wrote: > Hi all > > I am building a Production FC4 box with Scalix (www.scalix.com) for use in > a > small site (12 users). The site is My church and I don't have Bucketloads > of > $$ to spend but I have two available boxes to build on. > > 1Ghz Celeron with 1.5Gb SDRAM (3 slots) > 2.8Ghz P4 with 1Gb SDRAM (2 Slots) > > Now the question is this. For running Scalix (Mail server) and general > Samba > stuff. Am I better to lean towards the Faster Processor with Less RAM or > do > I go with the More RAM but slower Processor? From what I understand I > cannot > buy SDRAM in sticks bigger than 512Mb so each Box is Maxxed out. > > Can anyone give me an educated opinion on what the best to do is? > > Ta > > > ------------------------------------------------- > Kevin Fitzgerald > TCG TECHNOLOGIES > > Skype: kevtcg > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mobile: 0412 404 002 > Web: www.tcgtech.com.au > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > -- Howard LANNet Computing Associates <http://lannet.com.au> When you want a computer system that works, just choose Linux; When you want a computer system that works, just, choose Microsoft. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
