On Sun, 18 Oct 1998 16:45:46 GMT, "Imad M Tarabay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi to all... Hey there. >We are seething up a new ISP, and are wondering if you could help us = >take a decision of which system to install - Linux, Debian or BSDi. If you didn't already know, Debian is simply a version of the Linux operating system. Similarly, Red Hat and SuSe are also Linux, but with slightly different packages and setup routines. >Our target is a small market of merely 50,000 users. We forecast that = >the first year we would grab only 1000 users. > >Any hardware is also recommended (I mean PCs or Servers). You don't mention what you want these systems to do, and that has a lot of bearing on which hardware to choose. For anywhere less than 10,000 users I would imagine that a decent Pentium-class (166 or 200 say) would suffice for an FTP or Web server, for instance, as these aren't CPU-heavy tasks. Having enough memory is far more important for that sort of thing. Another of the important things to go for is fast disk access, so good SCSI is a must, and the bigger the better. Of course, for an ISP it's important to provide 24-hour service, so make sure you've got backup power supplies, good quality memory and motherboards and so on. Anyone want to be more specific? Rob Wilderspin -- "But I need it to crash once every few days - reboots are the only chance I get to sleep..." ----------------------= (send replies to rob@)
