From: Aaron P. Martinez (mlproficuous.com)
Date: Fri Apr 09 2004 - 11:20:18 CDT

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On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 10:47, Eric Toll wrote:
> > But my question is to help a postfix newcomer such as myself
> > determine what needs to be considered prior to installing
> > postfix on a linux machine. There are many aspects to
> > consider here, hardware, security, services running alongside
> > with postfix among others.
> >
> > Assuming, one would allocate a dedicated machine as a mail
> > server running postfix. What is an ideal setup for 20 users
> > of postfix based on the following hardware and setup requirements:
> >
>
> > 1. Hard disk space
> IDE drives are *cheep* get at least a 40Gb 7200rpm.
> Ideal: 100Gb drive 10K 8Mb cache buffer

     100Gb= good.....cache = BAD. I'm guessing that you're going to
have more then just you're own personal email on here. The cache will
speed up the access somewhat but if you are a victim of some hardware
failure and you're machine loses power, that 8 megs of data that you had
cached...oh..well...how many emails can really fit into 8 megs
anyway...RIGHT?
>
> > 2. partitioning -> / = 256 MB; /var = 512 MB; /etc =
> FreeBSD...
> (go bigger, its hard to add later you said ideal)
>
> / = 1Gb
> /var = 10Gb
> /swap= 1024 (equal to RAM size approx)
> /tmp=1Gb
> /usr=<the rest>
>
> > 3. Memory - how much RAM will suffice for 20 users and enough
> > room for expansion in the future.
>
> 1024Mb Ram is very inexpensive now.
> (amavisd, perl can use lots of ram)
>
> > 4. Services to run along with postfix.... Will minimum
> > install be enough?
>
> I think amavisd-new and SA are a good idea.
>
>
> > 5. Other items that need to be considered upon installing
> > postfix on a linux box.
>
> Good case, powersupply, fan, and [server nic] NIC. (It's going to be on all the time)
> A fresh install on brand new hardware is a beautiful thing.
> $1200.00 gets you new Intel/AMD/Sun/Apple/HP hardware and the OS
>
>
> Don't expect miracles with old hardware if you plan to add:
> Postfix, amavisd-new, SA, razor, DCC, DNS or DNS cache and then perhaps A/V.
>
> > Thanks and hope to hear from anyone who would make some suggestions.
>
> Since you said "IDEAL" Id also recommend an AGP Graphics accelerator, with a nice 17"+ flat panel display to run X-Windows. Perhaps a wireless mouse and keyboard.
> (What I have)
>
> :)
>
> Post your specs for the box...
>
> Eric
>

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