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From: krenaut@jax.jaxnet.com (Karl Renaut)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: news 'history' file is HUGE
Date: 19 Mar 1996 12:00:06 GMT
Organization: Southeast Network Services, Inc.
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References: <4i34od$ctl@pegasus.starlink.com> <4i3ni6$qsu@jaxnet.jaxnet.com> <4i6te0$l7r@vanbc.wimsey.com> <4ih7t8$h2k@jaxnet.jaxnet.com> <4ijqos$d7@frodo.ShireNet.com>
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So, does anyone know how to setup a server to be just a nnrpd server?
Wouldn't you still need to run INN and feed it news?
The only way another server that just did nnrp could help would be if
I could NFS mount the news directory from the server that is handling the
feed. Anybody know how to do this?
Larry Himes (larry@bilbo.ShireNet.com) wrote:
: Karl Renaut (krenaut@jax.jaxnet.com) wrote:
: : I have limit datasize 64m and limit memoryuse 64m in my news.daily script and
: : yes this does speed up expire a lot! However, my comment about more
: : memory stands! I use every byte of my 128meg and more, its not unusual
: : to see 32+ megs of swap space in use. Of course, I suppose much of this
: : is from all the nnrpd monsters that are running!
: : Anybody know a technique that I could use to split the load of my news
: : server across multiple machines? Can I NFS mount the /var/news/spool
: : tree on another machine?
: If I remember the FAQ correctly, no.
: How do large ISP's handle not only a full news
: : feed, but hundreds of people requesting articles?
: This doesn't apply to ShireNet, but I believe large providers use
: multiple servers - one to take the newsfeed, and other(s) to handle
: the nnrpd load. I know CAIS (our immediate upstream provider) does
: this.
: Larry Himes.
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