Tonya et al: I am truly impressed by the depth of knowledge/experience of our fellow List members. Unfortunately, I am no longer in the trade and and rapidly slipping behind. The only help that I can contribute is to make a donation to whatever solution is determined will keep Gerry happy and healthy. Count us in. Larry and Avery Johnson 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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