Hi I have a question about what a linux server can handle.

Im with a small company of 10 people. They surf the web write documents and send email (not alot to)

I need to host a website low traffic doubt it gets more than 50 people a day. A mail server with spam and antivirus. A Fileserver for windows computer mostly documents. Want to run gentoo on my servers

Can i get away with only running 2 computers and would this run fine?



We have a P4 2.5
512 DRR333
two 80GB 7200 hard drives
Intel PCI NIC (not sure on NIC model)


P3 socket 1ghz
512 pc133
generic NIC realtek 8139


OLD slot 700mhz P3
512 pc133
generic NIC


not sure on motherboards im sure they arnt anything special.

We have a P4 2.5
512 DRR333
two 80GB 7200 hard drives
Intel PCI NIC (not sure on NIC model)

-This one would be good for Samba, and a Squid proxy cache (fast RAM and a second HDD to run the cache dir on)

P3 socket 1ghz
512 pc133
generic NIC realtek 8139

-Mail server of your choice plus Clamav and Spamassassin

OLD slot 700mhz P3
512 pc133
generic NIC

-This would be good for your web server (put it on a DMZ)

If you must run only 2 machines, then forego the Squid server and run Samba and your mail server on machine 1. Machine 2 can be a backup (or even a backup server).

I'd run Samba+Squid on one machine (2.5GHz) and Apache+mail+antivirus on the second one (1GHz). IMHO should run nicely.

Cool ok thanks for the input guys.