Re: [hylafax-users] Fax Server Hardware

["Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@baylink.com>]

On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 01:03:13PM -0500, Yan Seiner wrote:
> A 486 could easily run the load you're proposing.
> 
> My present system is a dual PII/333, 128 MB RAM, a big fancy SCSI raid, 
> and it runs a bunch of stuff.  The faxes don't even faze it.
> 
> If you're concerned about performance and the machine will be loaded, 
> spend the money on a digi acceleport or similar intelligent serial card 
> to run your modems.  That's money best spent.

One thing I forgot to mention: the only hotspot in a HylaFAX system is
*GhostScript* -- lots of RAM is the place to spend your money (like, 128
or 256MB, if you can; certainly at least 64MB).

Cheers,
-- jra
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