nfs,mail,web server

[pippolippi]

I need to run the following servers:


nfs server, to be used to record/play mpeg2 from dvb sat (around 25-30 Mbytes/minute, i.e 0.4-0.5Mbytes/sec, possibly multiple streams and/or simultaneous playback/recording, so I think at least 2MBytes/sec should be necessary)
mail server (smtp+imap, using postfix and cyrus-imapd, they're not available in oleg/openwrt but they're in debian, the latter is probably what will use most memory)
simple webserver with lighttpd, this should not be a problem
the usual suspects (dhcpd server, access point, tftp server for remote booting edit: an ssh server , etc.)


Has the wl-hdd enough juice for this? If not, would a wl500-gx with an usb hard-disk be suitable?

[jonolumb]

hey there
all that usage looks a bit heavy
ive run thttpd on this and it is really sluggish on even the most basic html pages. Those data rates will probably not be achieved either. I have no experience with the wl500g but I can't imagine that it is significantly greater.
Jono

[pippolippi]

hey there
all that usage looks a bit heavy

Supposedly all of that should work with an nslu2, I thought that the wl-hdd and/or wl500gx, albeit with a different hardware, would be similar in performance.


ive run thttpd on this and it is really sluggish on even the most basic html pages.

:(


Those data rates will probably not be achieved either.

again, it seems they're easily attainable with an nslu2


I have no experience with the wl500g but I can't imagine that it is significantly greater.
Jono

Well, the gx has 32M of ram, instead of the 16M that both the wl-hdd and the nslu2 have. Maybe the wl-500g premium, with a beefier cpu, would work.