[Mailman-Users] Mailman hosting requirements

[Jon Carnes]

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
> 
> 
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