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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!hookup!solaris.cc.vt.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!salliemae!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!wlbr!news.cerf.net!ca.mdis.com!bannister From: pbannister@ca.mdis.com (Preston L. Bannister) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Have you set up a News server? Date: Sat, 11 May 96 03:26:23 GMT Organization: McDonnell Information Systems Lines: 30 Message-ID: <4n11cv$k088_002@ca.mdis.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc-plb.ca.mdis.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Beta #0 I'm trying to set up a News server. We have perhaps a half-dozen people that might read News regularly, and about 30 people who would have access to News. Our internet access is via a T1 line into CERFnet, so presumably bandwidth is not a problem. What is reasonable hardware for this role? We have a 486/66 box with 16 MB RAM, and 1.3 GB of (IDE) disk space allocated for the News server. My (inexpert) opinion was that C News and NNTP would be a good fit, with INN needing more memory to run well, and offering more than we need in terms of performance. Can someone with experience setting up a News server comment on this? Is the disk space sufficient (for carrying perhaps just the comp.* groups)? Is C News/NNTP a good choice, or can INN run in "only" 16 meg? I'm looking for value judgements, not explanations I can look up... :-) -- Preston L. Bannister pbannister@ca.mdis.com (714)724-5724