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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news-in2.uu.net!news.alt.net!news1.alt.net!news.serv.net!not-for-mail From: zeno@serv.net (Sean T. Lamont) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD as news-server?? Date: 11 Oct 1996 02:08:17 -0700 Organization: ServNet Internet Services, Seattle, WA Lines: 20 Message-ID: <53l2q1$bfr@itchy.serv.net> References: <537ddl$3cc@amd40.wecs.org> <53brfc$sbe@twwells.com> <53ffcu$ktm@itchy.serv.net> <Dz375G.76v@news2.new-york.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: itchy.serv.net In article <Dz375G.76v@news2.new-york.net>, Louis Epstein <le@put.com> wrote: >Sean T. Lamont (zeno@serv.net) wrote: >Hmmm...right now my news server(a 486DX4-120 with 48MB RAM) >has a 1GB disk with the OS,history,and local hierarchies >a 4GB disk with alt.binaries.* >a 4GB disk with alt.(not binaries) >a 4GB disk with (not alt).* > probably adding more memory and increasing the number of spindles. If you're not using something in the 8-9ms range on your disks (esp. the latter) you're probably going to be in trouble. Upgrading the CPU couldn't hurt. -- Sean T. Lamont, President / Chief NetNerd, Abstract Software, Inc. (ServNet) - Internet access * WWW hosting * TCP/IP * UNIX * NEXTSTEP * WWW Development - email: lamont@abstractsoft.com WWW: http://www.serv.net "...There's no moral, it's just a lot of stuff that happens". - H. Simpson