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Server in a Box



On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 11:55:49AM -0400, Tom Metro wrote:
> "The Mini Server" could be a good pick for a small office looking for a 
> turn-key solution for light mail and data storage, providing they rsync 
> the data to another disk (network or USB) for backup.

The real problem (that I see) is that there isn't enough RAM to
run good anti-spam techniques.

Running Clam A/V, SpamAssassin and a few IMAPd simultaneously will
eat most of 128MB.

On the other hand, they are more or less perfect as a local file and
print server -- the printers will dwarf such a box in both size and
power consumption.

Getting two, and doing an rsync of all the data each night,
would serve most small offices admirably.

-dsr-

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