Mail Server Solutions for FreeBSD Linux and
Microsoft Windows |
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should have sufficient resources to handle the services related
to a mail server. Two crucial components are, enough processing
power and memory. The second thing is RAID, having hot-pluggable
spare drive(s) in case a drive fails and needs to be replaced
and ensuring that your mail server continues to run regardless
of the drive failure.
At a minimum you should have at least two drives
in a RAID-1 array with one cold-spare (sitting near the server).
Beyond the minimum, you might want to consider a server with the
ability to hot-swap drives and have an online hot-spare drive
waiting for one drive to fail and then to automatically rebuild
the raid array.
If it is your intention to have spam filtering and
anti-virus software running, processing power and memory come
more into play. It is not uncommon to have 8GB of memory in a
server that is running spam filtering. Naturally, the amount of
memory needed is dependant upon the amount of mail coming into
and going out of your mail server.
Protect
your investment and your time. Most disasters can be avoided
with a properly configured mail server. |
Whether you configure your mail server with software
or you have us build your mail server ready to deploy, you must
think of potential disaster situations and what you can do before
hand to reduce downtime of essential email services.
Mail Server configuration tips:
- At minimum, a RAID-1 (2-drive mirror) array.
- For a Single Processor Server, a quad-core processor
and 2GB E.C.C. Memory
- Dual Processor Server with 4GB or more E.C.C.
FBB Memory.
- Server with hot-pluggable backplane and hot-swappable
drive bays and redundant hot-pluggable power supplies.
- RAID-50 (stripe of two RAID-5 array sets, 6 drives
minimum) if using database
Customized Mail Server Applications
One of the options you will find when
you customize any of our rack mount or tower servers is BSDMaiL.
BSDMaiL is a complete, open source
solution for Internet and Intranet based email. It can be installed
on i386 and AMD64 platforms. Our solution provides you with:
IMAP/IMAP-SSL, POP3/POP3-SSL, Anti-virus
software, Spam filtering software, multiple domains (add as many
domains as you wish), centralized web based management (global
and per domain), email list server.
This will also include web server setup,
database setup, firewall setup.
The installation of our BSDMaiL is complete and your new mail
server is ready to deploy.
 Questions?
Please call us 1.877.963.1900 or email
info@freedomtc.com
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Rack Server Configurations |
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Dual Xeon Processor
Quad Core |
Dual
Xeon Processor
Quad Core
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Quad
Xeon MP Processor
Quad Core
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Chassis: Premium 1U
Processor: One or two Quad-Core
Intel Xeon
Memory: Up to 32GB DDR2/667
Storage: Up to 3 Hot-Pluggable SAS and/or SATA II Hard Drives.
Networking: Two integrated Intel PRO/1000 Server Network Controllers
PCI Expansion: 2 Slots
Video: Integrated ATI ES1000 Video Controller
Remote Management: IPMI (Lights-out), FreeBSD, Windows and Linux
Suggested Applications: Medium to High Volume Traffic, Intrusion Detection System, Video Rendering,
Web Farm, Database Hosting, Email Spam Processing and Filtering, Java Applications
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Chassis: Premium 2U
Processor: One or two Intel Xeon Quad-Core
Memory: Up to 32GB DDR2/667
Storage: Up to 6 Hot-Pluggable SAS and/or SATA
II Hard Drives, Hot-Pluggable Cooling Fans.
Networking: Two Intel PRO/1000 Network Server Controllers
PCI Expansion: 4 PCI Slots
Video: Integrated ATI ES1000 Video Controller
Remote Management: IPMI, FreeBSD, Windows and Linux
Suggested Applications: Intrusion Detection System, Video Rendering, Back-End Database, Email Spam Processing,
Mission Critical Server Applications
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Suggested Applications
High Volume Back-End Applications
Chassis - Advanced 4U
Hot-Pluggable Cooling Fans and, Redundant Power Supplies. Midplane supporting
Hardware RAID
Processor
Up to four Intel® Xeon® MP 7100 Sequence Dual-Core
up to 16MB L3 Cache 800Mhz Front Side Bus
Memory
16 DIMM Sockets support up to 64GB DDR2/400 E.C.C. Registered memory Storage
Storage
Up to 5 Hot-Pluggable 3.5" SAS Hard Drives
Networking
Two Intel® PRO/1000 Server Controllers
PCI Expansion
4 Hot-Plug PCI-Express Slots
3 PCI-X Slots
Video
ATI Radeon 7000 Embedded Video Controller with 16MB Memory
Remote Management
Lights-Out IPMI, FreeBSD, Windows and Linux
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Tower Configurations |
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Dual Xeon Processor
Quad Core |
Dual
Xeon Processor
Quad Core |
Quad
Xeon MP Processor
Quad Core |
Chassis: Premium Pedestal
Processor: One or two Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Memory: Up to 16GB DDR2/667
Storage: Up to six SAS and/or SATA2 Hard Drives
Networking: Dual integrated Intel PRO/1000 Server
Controllers
PCI Expansion: 4 PCI Slots
Video: Integrated ATI ES1000 Video Controller
Remote Management: IPMI, Lights-Out, FreeBSD, Windows and Linux
Suggested Applications: General Purpose, Office Mail/Web/File Server
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Chassis: Premium Pedestal
Processor: One or two Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Memory: Up to 32GB DDR2/667
Storage: Up to 10, SAS and/or SATA2 Hard Drives
Networking: Two Intel PRO/1000 Server Controllers
PCI Expansion: Six Slots
Video: Integrated ATI ES1000 Video Controller
Remote Management: IPMI, Lights-Out, FreeBSD, Windows and Linux
Suggested Applications: Back-End Database Server, Mail and Web services, Contact Management, Departmental
File Server
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Chassis Premium Pedestal
Processor: Up to four Dual-Core Intel Xeon MP
Memory: Up to 64GB DDR2/400
Storage: Up to 10 Hot-Pluggable SAS Hard Drives
Networking: Two Intel PRO/1000 Server Controllers
PCI Expansion: 7 Slots
Video: Integrated ATI Radeon 7000 Video Controller
Remote Management: IPMI, FreeBSD, Windows and Linux
Suggested Applications: High Volume, Critical Applications CPU Intensive applications
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