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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!news.columbia.edu!news.new-york.net!ritz.mordor.com!ritz From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: Optimization for a News server X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Lines: 32 Organization: Mordor International Message-ID: <DMq59v.IAD@ritz.mordor.com> References: <4foqfk$fu6@soggy.eis.net.au> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 17:15:31 GMT Ernie Elu (ernie@eis.net.au) wrote: : I am in the process of setting up FreeBSD news server running INN to : replace my current Linux server as an experiment. : : The current machine is quite a busy little 486DX40. : I am keen to hear of any suggetions on how to configure FreeBSD to get : the maximum performance as a news server. To get the most out of a news server, you should have: *32-64mb RAM (64 is much better *grin*) *SCSI-2 PCI or VLB disk controller (I prefer PCI) *At least 3 fast disks to spread things over (I prefer Barracudas) (put alt on one, all the other hierchies on another, and all the other news binaries/logs/history files on the 3rd one) *To squeeze out even more bits, using 2 disk controllers would also help since 3 7200rpm drives can easily saturate a non-wide SCSI bus. With the size of a current newsfeed, I'd start with 3 Seagate or Conner 7200rpm 4 gig drives. Of course, these are all hardware suggestions. :-) If the machine is only a news box I suppose you might improve things by forcing the OS to use a much larger disk buffer cache. How you would go about doing that on FreeBSD I haven't a clue. I also make sure I compile with the "-m486" and "-O3" optimization flags. I'm not sure if it helps or not. Good luck. Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@mordor.com | finger/mail info@ritz.mordor.com OR Mordor International | http://www.mordor.com/ 201/212/718 internet access | Modem: (201)433-7343,(212)843-3451