[SUMMARY] Dimension and Configuration of a alpha department server

From: Tonny Madsen <Tonny.Madsen_at_netman.dk>
Date: 17 Mar 1996 12:45:36 +0100

Hi'

This is a non-summary, as I didn't get any answers from people who
used a company server, but only a couple of me-too's.

We will probably end up using an AlphaStation 500 with a similar
configuration.

-- tonny

>>>>> "Tonny" == Tonny Madsen <Tonny.Madsen_at_netman.dk> writes:

  Tonny> Hi'
  Tonny> In the near future my company will purcase a new alpha server for the
  Tonny> administrative work in the company (what I understand often is called
  Tonny> a department sever).

  Tonny> The server will not be used for any development and will be expected
  Tonny> to run at all time. The server should serve

  Tonny> - 15-20 X window system users (mainly mail, news, WWW and a few other
  Tonny> applications)

  Tonny> - 20-40 NFS users (developers working on other servers in the company)

  Tonny> - all company wide services like mail, news, DNS, NIS, DECdns, NSR and
  Tonny> WWW (FTP is put on an independent Linux machine).

  Tonny> What type of configuration would you say is needed for this server. (A
  Tonny> local estimate is a AlphaServer 600 5/333 with 256Mb storage and
  Tonny> 12-16Gb disk).
Received on Wed Mar 20 1996 - 13:21:26 NZST

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