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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!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news-in2.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: 61 Organization: Putnam Internet Services Message-ID: <DzE9qC.1qw@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> <53ott7$579@adv.IAEhv.nl> <53pm5c$5ks@twwells.com> <53u1ic$61i@flash.noc.best.net> <53ucuj$8qh@twwells.com> <DzBp9x.FwD@interactive.net> <DzCG1J.2u4@news2.new-york.net> <DzDy8o.Au4@interactive.net> X-Trace: 845512642/993 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: main.put.com Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 00:37:24 GMT Chris Mauritz (ritz@interactive.net) wrote: : Louis Epstein <le@put.com> wrote: : :)Chris Mauritz (ritz@interactive.net) wrote: : : :)1 fast-narrow 4gig Seagate Barracuda : :)2 fast-narrow 4gig Seagate Hawks : :)1 fast-narrow 1gig Seagate Hawk : : The hawks might not be seeking fast enough for you. Cudas : aren't that much more so I've always felt it was cheap : insurance to get them rather than the hawks. My system vendor thought I was wasting money getting anything but Hawks. : :)48 MB RAM : : This is probably your biggest single problem. Easily added to,then. : :): 512k L2 pipeline burst cache : : :)not sure if the cache is this sizee,I think so : : It's probably 128k or 256k. Definitely 256K if not 512. : :): DEC FDDI connection to 100mbit local lan : : :)Allied Telesyn Ethernet card,10Mb LAN : : Shouldn't be a problem. : : :): T3 connection to news provider (UUnet) : : :)384k to New York Net : : Could be a major problem if your link is heavily : utilized. Max user load is in bottom double digits. : :)I think that's the same unless they've updated lately, : :)except that nntp you compiled for us was not the latest one at : :)ftp.academ.com : : I didn't compile anything for you. I sent you sources : when Terry asked me to give you a quick hand since you : seemed to be floundering. What I found was a completely : misconfigured system. When I told you that you'd need : someone to spend a day cleaning things up and that you'd : need to pay for that, I never heard from you again. The guy who's been working on it for me didn't agree with that characterization of his efforts. : I hope the info from this thread helps you to clean : things up a bit. So do I.