running modern hardware you shouldn't have any problem - it's more a matter of memory and tuning. We'd normally recommend 4GB (the more the better) as SA is quite heavy on RAM these days. depends on the volume (number and amount) of emails per day.<br>
<br>you can do alot to keep the volume down by dropping unknown recipients (see the wiki for MTA how-to's) and also splitting the email into individual recipient emails (again see the wiki).<br><br>I'd also suggest looking at the performance tuning sections of the wiki anyway.<br>
<br>martin<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 April 2010 15:28, Neil Wilson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:neilw@dcdata.co.za">neilw@dcdata.co.za</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi guys,<br>
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I need some advice please,<br>
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What are your recommendations for hardware for a server that does Spam scanning with SA, Clamav scanning, running postfix under Centos 5.4 and logs in mysql and then forwards the emails on to an Exchange server for +-20000 users?<br>
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The emails theoretically have some basic spam scanning done before they get to the Linux server however there will still be a large amount of junk email to get rid of before passing it on to Exchange.<br>
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There is currently a dual proc dual core Xeon server with 512MB of RAM running amavisd, clamd and postfix handling the email at the moment, but this is very outdated and lacking functionality so it needs to be upgraded asap.<br>
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Would the current server handle the load with just a large RAM upgrade, EG: 4-8Gigs?<br>
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Any advice will be appreciated.<br>
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Thanks.<br>
<br>
Regards.<br>
<br>
Neil Wilson.<br><font color="#888888">
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