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From: stone@thymaster.interaccess.com (Tombstone)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: BSD As News Server
Date: 7 Nov 1995 18:19:18 GMT
Organization: InterAccess, Chicago's best Internet Service Provider
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Hello!
I am working on setting up a news server at a community college, where
I work, that will serve around 400 people.
We have a T-1 to the internet and currently use a linux box as our
main mail hub.
I plan to buy a pentium 100 and install FreeBSD on it to run a
news server.
Space is not a problem for us because we have 30 GIG of NFS
mountable space.
My question is this: Will a Pentium 100 running BSD be able to
handle this task?
I would be interested in hearing (for my own peace of mind) about
any of you who have successfully accomplished this.
I would also like a reccomendation on a CD (containing BSD) to get
started. I was thinking along the line of the FreeBSD CD sold by Walnut
Creek...
Any comments would be greatly appreciated!
Thank You.