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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in3.uu.net!venus.os.com!ppp1-os-gw.os.com!user From: craigs@os.com (Craig Shrimpton) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD as news-server?? Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 00:23:12 -0400 Organization: Orbit Systems Lines: 24 Message-ID: <craigs-1310960023130001@ppp1-os-gw.os.com> References: <537ddl$3cc@amd40.wecs.org> <3258CCD5.ABD322C@FreeBSD.org> <53brfc$sbe@twwells.com> <53ffcu$ktm@itchy.serv.net> <Dz375G.76v@news2.new-york.net> <Dz67pz.87y@interactive.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: titan.os.com In article <Dz67pz.87y@interactive.net>, Chris Mauritz <ritz@interactive.net> wrote: > > The speed of the cpu is probably the least of your worries. > > Chris > Unless you're running Dnews on NT. You don't need much RAM but a Quad Pentium Pro is a must for a big system! For running INN or CNews on FreeBSD, use 96MB-128MB RAM, dual Scsi-Wides (Mylex or better), and 4 9GB Barracudas with the ccd drivers for a RAID 0 disk array. Risky if you crash, (lose the whole spool) but super-super fast. The problem is: That's a $15K system! Hardly worth it to propagate SPAM and porno. Cheers, -Craig