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From: zeno@serv.net (Sean T. Lamont)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD as news-server??
Date: 11 Oct 1996 02:08:17 -0700
Organization: ServNet Internet Services, Seattle, WA
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Message-ID: <53l2q1$bfr@itchy.serv.net>
References: <537ddl$3cc@amd40.wecs.org> <53brfc$sbe@twwells.com> <53ffcu$ktm@itchy.serv.net> <Dz375G.76v@news2.new-york.net>
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In article <Dz375G.76v@news2.new-york.net>, Louis Epstein <le@put.com> wrote:
>Sean T. Lamont (zeno@serv.net) wrote:
>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).*
>

probably adding more memory and increasing the number of spindles. If you're
not using something in the 8-9ms range on your disks (esp. the latter) you're
probably going to be in trouble. Upgrading the CPU couldn't hurt.



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