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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!sgiblab!sgigate.sgi.com!enews.sgi.com!decwrl!amd!netcomsv!davsys.com!irbs.com!jc From: jc@irbs.com (John Capo) Subject: Re: BSD and Internet Organization: Irbs Engineering Message-ID: <CwwD8y.6p0@irbs.com> References: <1703E13F26S86.AM7925A@american.edu> <36bvje$g2n@jabba.cybernetics.net> <blake_chard-2809941520200001@mac100.bmd.trw.com> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 15:19:45 GMT Lines: 77 In article <blake_chard-2809941520200001@mac100.bmd.trw.com>, Blake Chard <blake_chard@oz.bmd.trw.com> wrote: >In article <36bvje$g2n@jabba.cybernetics.net>, >james@hermes.cybernetics.net wrote: > >> In article AM7925A@american.edu, AM7925A@american.edu writes: > > [Snip] >> >> ) >> )2- What is the most suitable flavor of the above for this kind of job >> ) in terms of: >> ) a) Internet connectivity. >> ) b) Communication reliability. >> ) c) Number of peripherals supported (#of drivers included). >> ) d) Ease of installation and ease of administration. >> >> As far as I know, NetBSD and FreeBSD act pretty much the same with respect >> to being able to compile software (i.e. if it works with one, it will work >> with the other without much trouble). >> >> They both use the same networking code, and share most of the same hardware >> drivers, so they both support pretty much the same list of devices. As for >> internet connectivity -- what sort of connection do you want? With that many >> concurrent ftp users, I would suggest using some sort of terminal server or >> the like to handle a 56K line or ISDN. Do any BSD'ers out there have a line >> like that conencted directly to your box? What kind of hardware does it >> take? >> >> I would suggest a EISA based DX2/66 or greater with a good SCSI controller >> with a few drives (if you really want that news feed local). >> > >Any particular reason a EISA with SCSI and not VISA Local with IDE? Well... 1) More devices on the bus, that is disks, tapes and cdroms. 2) SCSI controllers generally can be a bus master and DMA from the controller to memory. I am not aware of any IDE controllers that do this but they may exist. I have not seen a FreeBSD driver for such an animal either. 3) Follow this group for a while, or any of the *BSD lists, and tally the IDE vs. SCSI horror stories. This alone would sell me on SCSI if I had not been using it for 8 years without a complaint. SCSI drive cost is less than 10% over IDE drives so drive cost is a wash. A SCSI controller is more expensive but if you have to buy a tape controller and a cdrom controller you loose. Just $.02 from a SCSI bigot. --- John Capo jc@irbs.com > > >> We have the perfect tool for what you want to do! >> >> --- >> : James Robinson : james@hermes.cybernetics.net ::See the screaming >hot black >> :FreeBSD|XFree86 :The best things in life are Free:: steaming iridescent >> : Frank Zappa : Music is the best ::naughahyde python >screaming >> : HTTP Server : http://hermes.cybernetics.net/ :: steam roller! > >-- >"The problem is that the 80% of Americans who want universal coverage are being drowned out by the 20% who do not want to pay their fair share. . . . >People who are free-riders and freeloaders on the system do not deserve respect!" > > Hillary Rodham Clinton at a recent fundraiser