Hardware recommendations

[ITSEF Admin]

On Tuesday 15 August 2006 16:40, Lars Bakker wrote:
> I've got a question concerning the hardware requirements for dealing with
> about 40 users. I've got an old PII 400 Mhz dual cpu server, which I would
> like to use for that purpose. Has someone else Kolab running on such an old
> server?
[...]

Well, I can't comment on your oldie :-), but in a comparably sized setup, the 
P4 we have here for the task is basically bored most of the time. It also 
depends on the traffic you're expecting - if a lot of mail is coming in or 
going out (especially with attachments), the machine will have load peaks due 
to virus scanning and antispam measures. For that reason I agree with the 
previous poster that you should try to get at least 512MB into that box if 
possible.

Another aspect that comes to mind: If those 40 users also use kontact in 
conjunction with NFS mounted home directories, your file server might need an 
upgrade - in our experience, kontact with its DIMAP setup uses a lot of 
resources when used in such a setup, even with only a few users.

Cheerio,

Thomas