About ideal RAM capacity

[Oliver Fromme]

satimis <satimis at yahoo.com> wrote:
 > I'm prepared to run FreeBSD-6.2 amd64 on an AMD Athlon64 x2 (dualcore)
 > 512Kx2 3800 box as server.  What will be an ideal RAM capacity to be
 > installed.  TIA

It depends entirely on what you are planning to run on that
machine.  The kind of CPU is pretty much irrelevant.

For example, if you're planning to run it as DNS server,
router and/or packet filter, then about 128 to 256 MB will
probably suffice.  ;-)

Best regards
   Oliver

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