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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!EU.net!peer-news.britain.eu.net!zippy.dct.ac.uk!str-ccsun!strath-cs!dcl-cs!bath.ac.uk!aber!io.salford.ac.uk!viking.ucsalf.ac.uk!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Help me build the (sort of) ultimate FreeBSD Box... Message-ID: <48tcg9$s09@plato.ucsalf.ac.uk> From: mark@plato.ucsalf.ac.uk (Mark Powell) Date: 21 Nov 1995 20:23:37 -0000 References: <DI29yy.59F@gil.com.au> <48jl0p$fur@tzlink.j51.com> Organization: Computer Services Unit, University College Salford, Salford, UK NNTP-Posting-Host: plato.ucsalf.ac.uk Lines: 22 In article <48jl0p$fur@tzlink.j51.com>, Louis Epstein <lepslog@j51.com> wrote: >David Connors (davidc@gil.com.au) wrote: >: RAM >: --- >: 2 x 16Meg Simms, 60ns, non-parity (Triton doesn't support parity) > >You may actually be cutting it close here.I'm going with 48 MB for my >news server(my CPU is a DX4/120,the disk drives 1 1GB and 2 4GB Seagate >Hawks,and 1 4GB Seagate Barracuda). Definately more RAM than this for a news server. Especially if you are going to be using it as an X terminal too (you mentioned an S3 graphics card). I'd say at least 64Mb if you are going to be doing much X. More if you want the news to be snappy. -- Mark Powell - Senior Network Technician - Room: C806 Computer Services Unit, University College Salford, Salford, UK. Tel: +44 161 745 3376 Fax: +44 161 736 3596 Email: mark@ucsalf.ac.uk finger mark@ucsalf.ac.uk (for PGP key) <A HREF="http://www.ucsalf.ac.uk/~mark/">Home Page</A>