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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.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.interactive.net!onyx.interactive.net!not-for-mail From: Chris Mauritz <ritz@interactive.net> Subject: Re: FreeBSD as news-server?? X-Nntp-Posting-User: ritz Sender: news@interactive.net (System Administrator) Organization: IBS Interactive, Inc. Lines: 30 Message-ID: <Dz8Iqt.72w@interactive.net> References: <537ddl$3cc@amd40.wecs.org> <3258CCD5.ABD322C@FreeBSD.org> <53brfc$sbe@twwells.com> <53ffcu$ktm@itchy.serv.net> <Dz375G.76v@news2.new-york.net> <Dz67pz.87y@interactive.net> <53ona7$69b@twwells.com> X-Trace: 845244388/8559 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: onyx.interactive.net Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 22:06:29 GMT T. William Wells <bill@twwells.com> wrote: :)In article <Dz67pz.87y@interactive.net>, :)Chris Mauritz <ritz@interactive.net> wrote: :): 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 :)Check again. :-) Last *I* checked, it was 2.5G/day and you really :)want 256k or even 384k. You can *barely* run a non-binary over :)56K -- if you batch and compress. Um. That was a few months ago. :)Probably isn't true anymore. :-) I haven't checked recently. :-) That sounds rather accurate. I completely flush alt.binaries.* every night and it's already collected 1.9g of fun stuff since the expire last night. Thank goodness for T3's. :-) Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@interactive.net | finger/mail info@interactive.net OR IBS Interactive, Inc. | http://www.interactive.net/