If all the lists are similar to yours then that setup would work fine. If the lists are going to be more like this one (with a lot of messages per day) then you should go with at least a 600Mhz box, and go for the 512Mb RAM so that you can run some Spam filtering on the box as well.
Good Luck - Jon Carnes On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 08:36, John DeCarlo wrote: > Hello, > > I know this is one of those questions where the real answer is "it > depends". However, I will ask it anyway, in case someone has done > something similar enough. > > I have been running two small lists with Mailman, several hundred users, > and average of 2 messages a day per list. The impact has really been > minimal on my Linux machine. > > Now I have been asked to help with a proposal to set up a server > dedicated to running Mailman for 50-100 lists. They would all probably > have an average of 2-300 users, probably at most 5 messages per day on > average. > > Should I propose a modern machine (Intel-based, 2+ GHz, 512+ MB RAM, 40+ > GB storage)? Or if I suggested a used machine (3-400 MHz, upgrade RAM > to at least 256 MB, upgrade disk to 40+ GB) at a cost of around $400 or > less, would that be foolish? > > Thanks. > > -- > > John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ > > This message was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe or change your options at > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/jonc%40nc.rr.com ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ This message was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe or change your options at http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org