New server spec.

[Julian Field]

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At 11:23 17/09/2004, you wrote:
>MailScanner mailing list wrote:
> > Dear all,
> > My Mailscanner box is struggling and is getting upto its sell
> > by date - its only a matter of time before it fails.
> > It looks like I may be able to get hold of a new Dell
> > poweredge 2850 with 1 Xeon 3.2 ghZ processor, 4gb ram, 5x36gb
> > SCSI disks and red hat enterprise advanced server V3 (with
> > s/w support).
> > I intend to run latest versions of MailScanner,sendmail,
> > sophos, Spamassassin & spam cop - possibly a second virus scanner.
> >
> > Is the version of red hat mention the best bet for this or
> > should I stick with v9? Dell don't mention SUSE as supported.

Seeing as you can get RedHat V3 for $50, I would definitely recommend it.
You don't get phone support for $50 but you get everything else. RedHat
call it their "Academic Server" but it's the same product as the enterprise
server.
--
Julian Field
www.MailScanner.info
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