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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!interaccess!flowbee!stone From: stone@flowbee.interaccess.com (Tombstone) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: BSD As News Server Date: 14 Nov 1995 20:35:56 GMT Organization: InterAccess, Chicago's best Internet Service Provider Lines: 17 Message-ID: <48aujc$9b4@nntp.interaccess.com> References: <47o7v6$4pt@nntp.interaccess.com> <MICHAELV.95Nov7232119@mindbender.headcandy.com> <DHqB6t.LDD@nntpa.cb.att.com> <Pine.SUN.3.90.951113165735.9815C-100000@tsunami.cs.odu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: flowbee.interaccess.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] : Linux WILL lock up TOTALLY (i.e., hard reboot) under heavy network : load...FreeBSD uses my SMC card full tilt boogie without problem or : error. Linux just crashes, hard. Supposedly the new Linux kernels have : better network performance nad are more robust, but I don't really care : to find out. : Jamie Well thank you the responses guys. The P90 w/Adaptec 2940 SCSI and 2 Gigs is on its way! P.S. The new linux kernels are fine. We serve 350 email accounts from a 386 25MHZ PC w/only 8 megs ram. (recieving/sending in excess of 4000 msgs a day, well yesterday anyway) been running for nearly a year. I have heard that BSD is the way to go for NEWS though; thanks!