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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!vyzynz!news.dacom.co.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.cais.net!van-bc!unixg.ubc.ca!news.bc.net!felix.junction.net!not-for-mail From: michael@memra.com (Michael Dillon) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Starting up an ISP using FreeBSD Date: 3 May 1996 22:46:30 -0700 Organization: Memra Software Inc. - Internet consulting - http://www.memra.com Lines: 46 Message-ID: <4meqvm$d4p@sidhe.memra.com> References: <4m5ic0$iu6@apocalypse.dmi.stevens-tech.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: sidhe.memra.com In article <4m5ic0$iu6@apocalypse.dmi.stevens-tech.edu>, Parag Chhibber <pchhibbe@attila.stevens-tech.edu> wrote: >I am interested in building a single machine to connect to my T1 line. I was >thinking of using SDL's RISCom/N2csu for the CSU/DSU/router combination, but >does anyone know if that works with FreeBSD? Also, I probably would be using >SDL's RISCom/16 as a serial port expansion card to 16 Supra 28.8 V.34 external >modems. Before you do this take a serious look at http://www.etinc.com >This one machine would be effectively a csu/dsu, router, dns server, smtp >server, nntp server, www server, and other things. Forget the NNTP. You need a dedicated machine for that unless it's just a personal server with a few groups. Integrated CSU/DSU is probably a bad idea too. >My question is, is it prudent to do the above on one system (just say I'm >running a Pentium 166 MHz with 64 MB 60 ns EDO RAM. I will have two 2.5 GB >EIDE Seagate Drives, four 4.0 GB Seagate Barracuda drives, and two Toshiba 6X >SCSI CD-ROM drives). EIDE is not so great in the performance department. You would never put EIDE in a news server, only SCSI. Take the SCSI drives and put them in a separate news server. The EIDE is OK for the other functions, mail, www, dns. >The cost for the above system is about $5k. Would my system be quicker if I >split the function into 2 computers: You just *CANNOT* run a news server on anything but a dedicated machine that is carefully tuned to the task. >(2) Pentium 166 Mhz with 32 MB RAM, each with 1 2.5 GB EIDE Drive, 2 4.0 GB >SCSI drives. and 1 Toshiba 6X EIDE drive. 32Mb RAM is marginal for a news server but just fine for mail, dns, www. Do *NOT* put EIDE in a news server and if you can, don't use any EIDE drives at all. -- Michael Dillon Voice: +1-604-546-8022 Memra Software Inc. Fax: +1-604-546-3049 http://www.memra.com E-mail: michael@memra.com