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From: pbannister@ca.mdis.com (Preston L. Bannister)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Have you set up a News server?
Date: Sat, 11 May 96 03:26:23 GMT
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I'm trying to set up a News server.  

We have perhaps a half-dozen people that might read News regularly, and about 
30 people who would have access to News.

Our internet access is via a T1 line into CERFnet, so presumably bandwidth is 
not a problem.

What is reasonable hardware for this role?

We have a 486/66 box with 16 MB RAM, and 1.3 GB of (IDE) disk space allocated 
for the News server.

My (inexpert) opinion was that C News and NNTP would be a good fit, with INN 
needing more memory to run well, and offering more than we need in terms of 
performance.

Can someone with experience setting up a News server comment on this?  

Is the disk space sufficient (for carrying perhaps just the comp.* groups)?

Is C News/NNTP a good choice, or can INN run in "only" 16 meg?


I'm looking for value judgements, not explanations I can look up... :-)

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Preston L. Bannister
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(714)724-5724