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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!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!cancer.vividnet.com!hunter.premier.net!news.nl.innet.net!INnl.net!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!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: 29 Organization: Putnam Internet Services Message-ID: <Dz375G.76v@news2.new-york.net> References: <537ddl$3cc@amd40.wecs.org> <3258CCD5.ABD322C@FreeBSD.org> <53brfc$sbe@twwells.com> <53ffcu$ktm@itchy.serv.net> X-Trace: 844996083/8391 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: main.put.com Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 01:08:04 GMT Sean T. Lamont (zeno@serv.net) wrote: : My recommendations after futzing with news under freebsd for about the last : 9 months (after giving up on NEXTSTEP for the purpose after ~ 4): : : - keep overview on a separate disk : - keep history on a separate disk : - you probably want to keep alt on a separate disk : - consider at least 128M. If you have insufficient memory, consider : getting a dedicated swap disk. : - disable the extended news log (the one generated from the server, not : through syslog) or put it on a separate disk. Hmmm...right now my news server(a 486DX4-120 with 48MB RAM) has a 1GB disk with the OS,history,and local hierarchies a 4GB disk with alt.binaries.* a 4GB disk with alt.(not binaries) a 4GB disk with (not alt).* ...it runs C News,not INN,on the advice of my net-end provider. I'm running FreeBSD 2.1R. It has problems keeping up. What would seem most likely to increase performance? Faster CPU?(would require new motherboard and SCSI controller) More RAM? More disks? Upgrade to 2.1.5?