After checking this out with some high power NT people, in hte
co. I work, you are 100% correct!

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler

On Fri, 21 May 1999, Tonya Pope wrote:

> Throwing hardware at a software problem won't fix much, only increase
> the time between crashes slightly.  The server you're proposing is
> overkill capable of handling a great deal more (which is an
> understatement) than we'd ever need.  And I REALLY don't think the list
> would be too happy to have spent that much money only to still have it
> crash (which it would if not properly configured).
>
> Not sure what our maillist software's preference is, but if it's similar
> to the software we have on our NT then Gerry's virtual swap is set too
> high, both min and max should 128 if there's 64 mb of real memory,
> evenly distributed across partitions if there is more than 1 partition
> on the harddrive.  While NT apps are known for memory leaks, most can be
> reduced if not eliminated if configured properly.  The maillist
> software's site could possibly have technical specs as to what NT
> settings are most favorable to it.  While having a backup drive would be
> nice, we've put up with hardware related downtimes before and harddrives
> are fairly reliable so I don't think it's a real issue unless there's
> spare cash available.
>
> Tonya
> 87 Vanagon GL Wolfs
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