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 :-). -- William A. Mahaffey III --------------------------------------------------------------------- Remember, ignorance is bliss, but willful ignorance is LIBERALISM !!!!