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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!cs.mu.OZ.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.erols.net!feed1.news.erols.com!uunet!in3.uu.net!news2.new-york.net!main.put.com!not-for-mail From: le@put.com (Louis Epstein) Subject: Re: FreeBSD as news-server?? X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] X-Nntp-Posting-User: le Lines: 18 Organization: Putnam Internet Services Message-ID: <Dz4GtJ.5K9@news2.new-york.net> References: <537ddl$3cc@amd40.wecs.org> <53brfc$sbe@twwells.com> <53ffcu$ktm@itchy.serv.net> <Dz375G.76v@news2.new-york.net> <53l2q1$bfr@itchy.serv.net> X-Trace: 845055269/3949 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: main.put.com Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 17:34:31 GMT Sean T. Lamont (zeno@serv.net) wrote: : 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. The alt.binaries.* 4GB is a Seagate Barracuda,the others the slower Hawk. Would going to 64MB make a difference? (FBSD needs a little tweak to see more,right?)