Re: [SLUG] Hardware Question

["Howard Lowndes" <lannet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

IMO, for what you are talking about, both machines are over-spec'd.  Email
is not time critical and 12 users and Samba will hardly cause any box to
crack a sweat - we're not talking Windows here.  If I had this situation I
would use the 1GHz box, pull out 1Gb of RAM and sell it to recoup some of
the costs.  Win - win all round.

On Sun, April 30, 2006 12:02, Kevin Fitzgerald wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I am building a Production FC4 box with Scalix (www.scalix.com) for use in
> a
> small site (12 users). The site is My church and I don't have Bucketloads
> of
> $$ to spend but I have two available boxes to build on.
>
> 1Ghz Celeron with 1.5Gb SDRAM (3 slots)
> 2.8Ghz P4 with 1Gb SDRAM (2 Slots)
>
> Now the question is this. For running Scalix (Mail server) and general
> Samba
> stuff. Am I better to lean towards the Faster Processor with Less RAM or
> do
> I go with the More RAM but slower Processor? From what I understand I
> cannot
> buy SDRAM in sticks bigger than 512Mb so each Box is Maxxed out.
>
> Can anyone give me an educated opinion on what the best to do is?
>
> Ta
>
>
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