Travis: The original question was about a MS- Windows 3.1 ftp server. That was what I was framing my comments around. I have not seen nor used the "ka9q" OS(?). I am interested in it because of your positve experiences. Can you provide any more up-to-date information? Thanks in advance, John O ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 01:15:05 +0000 From: Travis Siegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: FTP Server? > > From: John Oram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Something I know about an ftp server. IF you want one to approach the > > 24/7/365 operating ratios for a web site then you have to have at least a > > '386 with 8 MB of RAM and PicoBSD OS as an entry sized system. A '486/33 > > with 8 MB of RAM can now be as small as a pack of cigarettes - see > > <http://wearables.stanford.edu/> for an example. I beg to differ with the above statement. Before I got my softcon linux machine up and running, I ran my ftp server on a 386-40 w/only 2MB of ram (and I could have ran it with only 640K if I'd wanted) using ka9q. Not a single reboot, not a single minute of downtime, and I didn't get a single complaint about accessability during this time. So, it is possible to run an ftp/email server (yes, I wasn handling email the same time) on a 386 machine with simple old dos programs. ------------------------------ To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies.
