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From: Chris Mauritz <ritz@interactive.net>
Subject: Re: FreeBSD as news-server??
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Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 16:13:11 GMT

Louis Epstein <le@put.com> wrote:
:)Sean T. Lamont (zeno@serv.net) wrote:
:): My recommendations after futzing with news under freebsd for about the last
:): 9 months (after giving up on NEXTSTEP for the purpose after ~ 4):
:):  
:): - keep overview on a separate disk
:): - keep history on a separate disk
:): - you probably want to keep alt on a separate disk
:): - consider at least 128M. If you have insufficient memory, consider
:):   getting a dedicated swap disk.
:): - disable the extended news log (the one generated from the server, not
:):   through syslog) or put it on a separate disk.

:)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).*

:)...it runs C News,not INN,on the advice of my net-end provider.
:)I'm running FreeBSD 2.1R.

:)It has problems keeping up.

:)What would seem most likely to increase performance?

:)Faster CPU?(would require new motherboard and SCSI controller)
:)More RAM?
:)More disks?
:)Upgrade to 2.1.5?

Fast disk controller (PCI or VLB)  I like buslogic cards and
use the 956C fast-wide controllers on my news box.

Fastest disks you can afford.  I like Seagate barracudas.

More RAM.  I like putting 128mb in my news boxes.  It seems
to work well.

Faster net connection.  Last I heard, you were using a 56k
link.  That simply isn't fat enough for a newsfeed.  I'd
go further and say that you really need at least 128k just
for news since there's lot's of nntp overhead slop to deal
with as well.  Last I checked, I was getting roughly 1-1.5g
of news per day (depending on how busy the twits on the various
warez and nudie picture groups have been).

The speed of the cpu is probably the least of your worries.

Chris

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