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---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 12:38:36 -0600 From: christopher williams cgw@yoyodyne.io.com To: Tom Yates madhatta@mathworks.com Cc: christopher williams cgw@io.com Subject: Re: head count

No, but I'd sure *like* to. I had plans to get an F220 to replace the Solstice ODS software-raid system we're using for mail now. We currently support 5700+ users (with a SS10 that has a 125mHz HyperSparc, and 3 pop/imap servers that mount the mail spool from the mailhub).

Those plans got ixnayed (due to money concerns, feh!) and now we're looking at getting an ALR PPro 200mHz running Solaris x86 with one of ALR's recommended hardware raid cards. Definitely _definitely_ not my choice. *sigh*

I didn't reply to the list 'cos this prolly wouldn't be very useful to them. I just thought I'd reply to give my support for the idea; I don't know how well it works, but I suspect that it will work *very* well!!!

I'd go with an F220 at the minimum, unless you can afford the 330 already (they're trivial to upgrade, so buying an F220 is a cheaper alternative). Depending on how many users you're going to have, I'd also recommend getting 4mb NVRAM.

-cgw-

-- christopher williams 512.462.0999 fall seven times cgw@io.com sen sys eng fnord stand up eight

In message Pine.GSO.3.95.970226112407.19938G-100000@sproing, you write:

anyone here using a toaster to serve /var/spool/mail, including to a mail gateway machine (ie, not just for reading)?

any comments thereon? particularly, what flavour of toaster, how configured, and roughly how many mail users.