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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.networking:10343 comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip:13070 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:3750 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!dorite!not-for-mail From: root@dyson.iquest.net (John S. Dyson) Subject: Re: Internet service providing-which OS? Message-ID: <3uqoe2$420@dyson.iquest.net> Lines: 19 Sender: news@iquest.net (News Admin) Organization: John S. Dyson's Machine References: <3ue5qa$ain@panix.com> <3uo1mt$5uv@picard.cistron.nl> <3uoiet$bgu@orion.cc.andrews.edu> <3upgga$oqo@usenet.interramp.com> Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1995 11:46:10 GMT In article <3upgga$oqo@usenet.interramp.com>, Tom Czarnik <czarnik@vista.netmanage.com> wrote: >In article <3uoiet$bgu@orion.cc.andrews.edu>, gillham@andrews.edu says... > >>Not quite 256... :-) I suppose at night that might change, but you >>didn't clarify that. Also, ftp.cica.indiana.edu has 2GB of disk, not >>40GB+ like ftp.cdrom.com. I'm not arguing FreeBSD vs Linux, I'm just >>saying that ftp.cica.indiana.edu and ftp.cdrom.com are in a different >>class as ftp servers go. > >ftp.cdrom.com is that busy because it primarily acts as a mirror >for other archives, whereas CICA's ftp server is the real archive. > ftp.cdrom.com is running FreeBSD and deals with the load very efficiently. (The CPU plant is just a single 100MHz pentium.) John dyson@root.com