On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 21:26 -0500, 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. > > 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 ---- looks good but /usr is way too small. /usr is gonna need probably more like 3.5 Gigabytes Suggest you consider having separate partitions for /boot /home /tmp /var/spool/imap # cyrus would default to this swap and combine the rest in / which allows fluctuation for /usr and /var usage - perhaps maybe 8 gigabytes. Craig