On 10/22/05, michael hast <evylrobot19@cox.net> wrote:
> Dear friends of the Slug list,
> I have been spending some time reading the articles in aboutdebian.com.
> What I have learned has only led me to more questions (as tends to be
> the trend in my life so far). How much processing power and memory
> should I have to set up a proxy server/gateway-router for my home
> network? Would a 500MB processor w/~300MB ram do it?
That will work just fine. I have a 667 P3 with 512 megs of ram
running as a linux proxy running sarge for company that has 23
workstations all very active. and it handles it great.
Are there any
> pros or cons to beefing up the power? If I should set up such a deal,
> would I be able to double it as a web/mail server, or would I be better
> off using a different machine for that purpose? I'm sure that all of
> you can tell that I am limited in these arts, so what kind of a quest do
> I have in front of me to achieve such goals? Thank you in advance.
> --Michael
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