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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!serv.hinet.net!news.cc.nctu.edu.tw!spring.edu.tw!howland.erols.net!surfnet.nl!news.tue.nl!news.IAEhv.nl!adv.IAEhv.nl!adv.IAEhv.nl!not-for-mail From: devet@adv.IAEhv.nl (Arjan de Vet) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD as news-server?? Date: 12 Oct 1996 22:09:11 +0200 Organization: Internet Access Eindhoven, the Netherlands Lines: 29 Message-ID: <53ott7$579@adv.IAEhv.nl> References: <537ddl$3cc@amd40.wecs.org> <53brfc$sbe@twwells.com> <53ffcu$ktm@itchy.serv.net> <Dz375G.76v@news2.new-york.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: adv.iaehv.nl In article <Dz375G.76v@news2.new-york.net>, Louis Epstein <le@put.com> 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).* > >...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? Yes. >More disks? Yes. >Upgrade to 2.1.5? Shouldn't make too much difference. However an upgrade to INN would... Arjan