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.
I'll appreciate any suggestion.
I've never been involved in this. I used to program with php, but now, it has been delegated :| to me (chosen between other tasks).
Some orientation (and|or) readings will be great too, even while, I'll continue reading about partitioning[3] (think my first step).
thanks in advanced for your time.
[1] http://www.linuxsa.org.au/tips/disk-partitioning.html [2] http://www.hughesjr.com/content/view/9/30/Guides [3] http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Partition/intro.html