[TriLUG] Need Hardware Recommendation

[Ben Pitzer]

Paul,

You don't need a super-beefy box for this mail volume.  100MB /day is
nothing.  POP and IMAP do require some quick disk I/O, so I'd probably go
with SCSI disks, RAID5 and mirrored, possibly in an external array.  I'd
look at the HP Proliants.  Dells do good work, but don't go overboard and
get yourself a massive behemoth that you don't need.  Single processor
should be fine for your needs so long as it's powerful enough (which it
should be), and you'll need to look at the amount of disk space you're
already using to determine what you'll need for mail storage.  An HP
ProLiant ML370 G3 server should do well for your needs, and it's not
overpriced.  4u, 6 drive bays, Xeon procs, DDR memory, rack mountable or
tower, 3 hot-pluggable redundant power supplies, and the Lights Out Remote
Management boards make them an excellent option for what you're talking
about, and they run Linux like a charm, from what I hear.  Give them a look,
and good luck.

Regards,
Ben Pitzer

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-admin at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-admin at trilug.org]On Behalf
> Of Paul D. Boyle
> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 2:01 PM
> To: trilug at trilug.org
> Subject: [TriLUG] Need Hardware Recommendation
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> My department is considering doing an upgrade of it's mail server, and
> I am looking for hardware recommendations.  Particularly, vendors who
> sell complete systems and have good Linux support at a reasonable price.
> The box's main tasks will be to run sendmail, pop, imap, and apache which
> provides a web interface to users' mail.  The server usually sends out
> about 100 MB of mail/day.  I don't know the stats for incoming mail.
> Large attachments aren't uncommon but are limited to 5 MB by University
> policy.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions and recommendations.
>
> Paul
>
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