Chris Mauritz wrote:
> Alain Reguera wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm planning the installation of the school's Mail Server. This is the
>> first time I get in administration. I've been reading about postfix,
>> cyrus and the first page in the guide of HughesJR.com[2] about
>> installing postfix-cyrus, but due my low hardware resources, I ask for
>> suggestions to see If what I need can be done (and|or) stable.
>>
>> Hardware:
>> Pentium III 1.4Ghz
>> 256 RAM
>> 40 GB HD-IDE
>>
>> Soft:
>> CentOS 4.2
>> Postfix
>> Cyrus-IMAPd
>> MailScanner
>> Spanassassin
>>
>> Partitioning(in MB)[1]:
>> / 1.000
>> /boot/ 100
>> /home/ 15.000
>> /swap/ 512
>> /tmp/ 500
>> /usr/ 1.000
>> /var/ 5.000
>> /var/log/ 2.000
>> /var/spool/mail/ 14.800
>>
>> The server will serve around 2000 students, but only 80(maybe 100)
>> concurrent at time. I would like to make a very basic installation,
>> 'cause as you can see, I am with a very low hardware resources. This
>> host will be mail dedicated.
>>
>> In the near future the hard would be upgraded(maybe a nu computer).
>> Now, I need something to show in a working environment.
>>
>>
>
> That is PLENTY fast enough to run the mail server that Johnny talks
> about in his web pages as long as people have relatively small mailbox
> quotas. One change would be to add more memory to the machine if you
> can (memory is cheap these days so that might not even be an issue).
> I'd suggest a gig of RAM and a gig of swap. IDE disks are also cheap
> so it might be better to upgrade it to something like a 300 or 400gig
> drive now than to wait until you run out of space in the very near
> future.
>
> Cheers,
If you could afford *1* extra HDD (NewEgg, 250 GB EIDE 133 Samsung,
~$104.00 shipped), you could put /home there, & use the 40 GB as your
system disk only, with:
/boot 100 MB
/var 10 GB
swap 2 GB
/ the rest
or even
/var 10 GB
swap 2 GB
/ the rest
for a no-virtual-partition (nomenclature ?) solution.
soft-link /tmp to /var/tmp & you're off to the races .... $0.02 only, no
more, no less :-).
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William A. Mahaffey III
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