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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.sdsmt.edu!news.mid.net!news.dra.com!news.exodus.net!News1.mcs.net!van-bc!news.mindlink.net!nntp.portal.ca!newsfeed.direct.ca!hunter.premier.net!news.cais.net!gabby.ShireNet.com!bilbo.ShireNet.com!larry From: larry@bilbo.ShireNet.com (Larry Himes) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: What is the size of the newsfeed these days anyway? Date: 8 Aug 1996 13:52:31 GMT Organization: ShireNet Communications Systems, Inc. Lines: 34 Message-ID: <4ucrf0$i2s@frodo.ShireNet.com> References: <3200DEEA.7FFA@waveinter.com> <Pine.BSI.3.94.960805094524.17110C-100000@picard.chickasaw.com> <4u5pof$684@moon.igcom.net> <4u5r4a$4e7@typo.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: bilbo.shirenet.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] BOFH (web@typo.org) wrote: : : : > I am a complete neophite with INN and news administration in general. I : : : > had uunet start a NNTP feed about 24 hours ago. This was supposed to be : : : > a partial feed of about 6000 groups (compared to around 16,000 groups in : : : > the active file I got from uunet). As of now I am VERY close to filling : : : > up the 1.2 gig drive I have mounted at /var/news. Does this sound : : : > right? I was under the impression that a FULL news feed was around a : : : > gig a day... : : : Depends upon your definition of "full". : : : If you're carrying the alt.binaries.pictures.* groups, you can fill a : : : drive very quickly. : : : If you're carrying alt.binaries.warez.*, a full feed is around 2 gigs a : : : day. : My UUCP server is being fed: : *,!clari*,!alt.binaries.warez*,!junk,!control : Its retention is 0.3 days on all groups. The nightly expire takes its : 4 Gig spool drive down to perhaps 300 megs. By the time expire gets to : run again, it has perhaps 150 megs free. : If you're planning on a FULL feed (all 18,000 groups), Best have no less : than 16 gigs if you want any decent retention at all. Its also worth noting : that alt.binaries and alt.sex are the biggest groups (by megage) out there. It also helps to reject 'huge' articles. We reject anything over 175000 bytes. Larry Himes.