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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.Hawaii.Edu!news.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.orst.edu!newshub.tc.umn.edu!mr.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!news-in2.uu.net!news.interactive.net!onyx.interactive.net!not-for-mail From: Chris Mauritz <ritz@interactive.net> Subject: Re: FreeBSD as news-server?? X-Nntp-Posting-User: ritz Sender: news@interactive.net (System Administrator) Organization: IBS Interactive, Inc. Lines: 30 Message-ID: <DzGKtr.982@interactive.net> 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> <53ott7$579@adv.IAEhv.nl> <53pm5c$5ks@twwells.com> <53u1ic$61i@flash.noc.best.net> <53ucuj$8qh@twwells.com> <543urf$ar3@flash.noc.best.net> <544bat$41o@twwells.com> <544nas$b5h@flash.noc.best.net> <5456rv$kbu@polaris.eurocontrol.fr> X-Trace: 845620334/11800 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: onyx.interactive.net Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 06:32:14 GMT Ollivier Robert <Ollivier.Robert@eurocontrol.fr> wrote: :) [courtesy cc of this posting sent to cited author via email] :)In article <544nas$b5h@flash.noc.best.net>, :)Matthew Dillon <dillon@best.com> wrote: :)> news1:/home/news/spool/news/rec/arts/disney# ls -1 */ | wc :)> 877 872 5235 :)> :)> :)> See? The .overview file is near the beginning of the directory. :)> Ergo, it is likely to be cached since the article file was just written :)> to the same directory. :)Don't tell me you're putting the .overview files in the same directory :)structure as the articles ? That would be foolish indeed. :)From a reader's point of view, you should keep .overview in their own :)partition or at least in a separate tree to avoid slow lookups for your :)NNTP clients... You'd be silly not to put this on a separate spindle. Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@interactive.net | finger/mail info@interactive.net OR IBS Interactive, Inc. | http://www.interactive.net/