Info wanted on SPARCstation IPC

[Robin Goldstone]

We want to purchase a unix machine to do Domain Name Service for our
campus.  I am not a unix person, but I will be supporting this machine
with help from our computer science department. I have had several
recommendations that the SPARCstation IPC would meet our needs.

The machine will perform the following functions:
1) provide primary name service (Internet) for our campus
2) route mail: a large number of users will have aliases set up on this
   machine to route incoming mail to their "real" mail home.  No one will
   actually read their mail on this system.  There will be upwards of 1000
   aliases on this machine, but since the vast majority of e-mail is
   on-campus only, the actual volume of mail being routed through this
   machine will be minimal - maybe 50-100 mail messages a day.
3) finger server: maintain a large list of user info that other systems
   can finger.

Thats about it! No application software, no programming...  As I
mentioned, several people recommended that a SPARCstation IPC would be a
good choice.  I would add 4 MB of memory to the standard configuration
that Sun sells (8MB memory, 207MB disk, 17 inch monochrome monitor).

I have three requirements for this machine:
1) reliability
2) reliability
3) reliability

I would appreciate any opinions you have as to whether the SPARCstation
IPC can perform the functions listed as well as meet the performance
requirements.

Thanks in advance.
Robin Goldstone, Systems Software Specialist
California State University, Chico Computing Services
robin at csuchico.edu