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From: rhof@netinc.ca (Robert Hof)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Argh! BSDI/News Problem... help kindly requested
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 17:47:26 GMT
Organization: Network Enterprise Technology Inc
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I think I might be in need of a little expert advice here:

I'm running a BSDI2.0.1 system on a dx2-66 w/ 32MB ram.

I'm receiving news at about 100msgs/160sec, and my provider says I
should be receiving more... much more! My feed should be about 100,000
msgs/day, or so they say. However, at the speed I'm bringing them in,
I never catch up. In fact, doing the math results in me getting about
54,000 per day.

The question:  WHY?! My connection speed is not the problem. The load
average on the news machine rarely goes above 0.50. The only thing I
can think of is that the SCSI controller might be too slow. It's an
Adaptec 1542CF. Here's my nntpsend.ctl file, in case it helps!

TIA,

Rob/NET
##  $Revision: 1.1.1.1 $
##  Control file for nntpsend.
## Format:
##      site:fqdn:max_size:[<args...>]
##      <site>          The name used in the newsfeeds file for this
site;
##                      this determines the name of the batchfile,
etc.
##      <fqdn>          The fully-qualified domain name of the site,
##                      passed as the parameter to innxmit.
##      <size>          Size to truncate batchfile if it gets too big;
##                      see trunc(1).
##      <args>          Other args to pass to innxmit
##  Everything after the pound sign is ignored.
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