23 Dec
2000
23 Dec
'00
11:18 a.m.
Fellow compu-folks,
While I appreciate the advice given so far, NONE of it has addressed my
original question. Let me clarify a couple of things.
1). I already have a perfectly good hardware firewall/router in the form
of a Zyxel Prestige 312. I do NOT need to dedicate any other system to this
task.
2). My ORIGINAL question: Given the list of machines I posted earlier,
which system would be best suited to which function?
Here are my current thoughts on this.
Mail servers: Both SPARCClassics or a Classic and that accelerated IPX I
have.
(Future) Web server: The NEC RISCStation 2200. Plenty of headroom to grow
there.
The FTP/News box: One of the MicroVAX 3's. Lots of space up front for
large-capacity hard drives.
The maintenance node: That Motorola MVME147 tower.
Ok? Any counterpoints? Thanks much.
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Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies
http://www.bluefeathertech.com // E-mail: kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com
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"I'll get a life when someone demonstrates to me that it would be
superior to what I have now..." (Gym Z. Quirk, aka Taki Kogoma).
23 Dec
23 Dec
11:45 a.m.
While I appreciate the advice given so far, NONE of
it has addressed my
original question. Let me clarify a couple of things.
...
Here are my current thoughts on this.
...
i have vaxes and even a symbolics 3640 which i play with from time to time.
but my production systems have users, including employees, guests, and family,
and i'm having trouble imagining why i would subject these people to older
slower equipment which "only paul can fix" rather than buying modern 1U boxes
whose operation and maintainance can be done by anybody on the technical staff.
that said, i applaud your choices and i think the box assignments you've made
won't steer you wrong. for netnews you'll want a modern scsi drive since if
you don't have at least 50GB you can't store enough news to be worth reading.
but that'll attach to any of the machines you've got, and cost about $400.
12:05 p.m.
On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 09:18:06AM -0800, Bruce Lane wrote:
Fellow compu-folks,
While I appreciate the advice given so far, NONE of it has addressed my
original question. Let me clarify a couple of things.
1). I already have a perfectly good hardware firewall/router in the form
of a Zyxel Prestige 312. I do NOT need to dedicate any other system to this
task.
2). My ORIGINAL question: Given the list of machines I posted earlier,
which system would be best suited to which function?
Here are my current thoughts on this.
Mail servers: Both SPARCClassics or a Classic and that accelerated IPX I
have.
(Future) Web server: The NEC RISCStation 2200. Plenty of headroom to grow
there.
The FTP/News box: One of the MicroVAX 3's. Lots of space up front for
large-capacity hard drives.
It may be a bit slow. I'd use a Classic for this, and use one of the MicroVAX
as mail backup (should'nt get much traffic anyway).
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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI. Manuel.Bouyer(a)lip6.fr
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12:41 p.m.
2). My ORIGINAL question: Given the list of machines I
posted
I don't think I'd go with the MicroVAX 3 for FTP/News, in fact I don't
think I'd use it for anything other than the 'maintenance node'. It
strikes me that using it will result in I/O bottlenecks, isn't the Q-Bus
rated at 3Mb/sec? Plus I would think that News is somewhat CPU intensive
(actually I've no idea on this one, but it seems logical, anyone know?).
I'd be almost inclined to use the DEC 3000/600 for this one, but a good
Sparc would probably be as suited. If you're set on using a VAX for this,
the VAXstation 3100/M38 is probably a better choice. The DEC 5000/200 is
also a possibility.
I don't feel qualified to commend on your choice of Webserver, or the
Motorolla MVME147 tower, as I'm not familiar with either.
BTW, why on earth are you set on using classic hardware? It seems to me
that two beafy semi-modern systems could handle everything and be cheaper
to power.
Zane
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earlier, which system would be best suited to
which function?
Here are my current thoughts on this.
Mail servers: Both SPARCClassics or a Classic and that accelerated
IPX I have.
(Future) Web server: The NEC RISCStation 2200. Plenty of headroom
to >grow there.
The FTP/News box: One of the MicroVAX 3's. Lots of space up front
for large-capacity hard drives.
The maintenance node: That Motorola MVME147 tower.
Ok? Any counterpoints? Thanks much.
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