I'll echo what <b>A. Khattri</b> said. I run one server, it functions as a router, web, ftp, LAN portage mirror (thanks http-replicator!), DNS proxy (dnsmasq), pop3(ssl), imap(ssl), smtp, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and VNC server, in addition to Xorg. Runs just fine. But it's also an Athlon XP 2400+ (2ghz, 133 mhz fsb * 15 multiplier), 1gb of RAM (PC2100 DDR), and an old, faulty 40gb hard drive (faulty in the respect that it reports the speed as UDMA44 to the BIOS, when in fact there is no such standard and it should be UDMA66, but that's easily fixed with hdparm). The real bottleneck on my server is my cable modem, with only 384kbps upstream (4mbps downstream though).<br> <br> But I digress. As long as the server can handle it, there shouldn't be any problems, and in some cases, it might turn out better, and the programs can then use sockets instead of ports to communicate with each other (which would be the case of a web server with a seperate database server).<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/29/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Uwe Thiem</b> <<a href="mailto:uwix@iway.na">uwix@iway.na</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On 29 September 2005 19:05, Mark wrote:<br>> Hi, I'm thinking of setting up a Gentoo server to host a few different<br>> services, primarily a small web site on Apache, an Exim mail server, a<br>> Halafax fax server and a Squid proxy server. I intend to put the machine in <br>> a DMZ to protect the internal network. At first glance, should these 4<br>> packages play well together on the same piece of hardware? I'm very open to<br>> suggestions, including separate hardware if it's necessary. <br><br>They play along just fine.<br><br>Uwe<br><br>--<br>95% of all programmers rate themselves among the top 5% of all software<br>developers. - Linus Torvalds<br><br><a href="http://www.uwix.iway.na">http://www.uwix.iway.na </a> (last updated: 20.06.2004)<br>--<br><a href="mailto:gentoo-user@gentoo.org">gentoo-user@gentoo.org</a> mailing list<br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>- Mark Shields