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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!newsspool.doit.wisc.edu!night.primate.wisc.edu!news.he.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!news.texas.net!news.texas.net!newsfeed.concentric.net!news2.acs.oakland.edu!news.tacom.army.mil!news.webspan.net!usenet From: gpalmer@mutara.noc.webspan.net (Gary Palmer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD hardware recommendation Date: 16 Nov 1996 04:29:46 GMT Organization: WebSpan Inc., New Jersey Lines: 33 Message-ID: <56jfvq$lgf@news.webspan.net> References: <56a5id$si0@is3.hk.super.net> <328D2BF7.352D@OntheNet.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: mutara.noc.webspan.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.8 In article <328D2BF7.352D@onthenet.com.au>, Tony Griffiths <tonyg@OntheNet.com.au> writes: > News server: P90 (DEC XL590), > 72MB RAM, > NCR810 SCSI, > 2 x 4GB Seagate for news > 1 x 1GB EIDE for system/log > SMC PCI Ethernet card > FreeBSD 2.1.5 > News ?.? > The news server is basically I/O bound. It typically runs with about > 30-35MB in the buffer cache and uses 15-30% cpu. Expiring articles > rattles the disks for anything up to 10-11 hrs per day. [There has got > to be a better way of handling News!!!] You are likely running out of memory during expire. Typically expire takes about 1 hour on our news box, and that has 256Mb of memory. My guess is that you are running out of memory and thrashing the system, hence the extreme expire times. Just FYI, News server: P6-200 (Tyan Titan Pro Mb) 256Mb RAM Adaptec 3940UW SCSI controller 5 x 4Gb Quantum Atlas wide drives (spool) 1 x 2Gb HP drive (root) SMC 9332 PCI ethernet card (100bTX) FreeBSD -current INN 1.4 unoff 4 with patches Gary