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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!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!ais.net!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newshub2.home.com!newshub1.home.com!news.home.com!news1.best.com!news.idiom.com!nntp2.ba.best.com!bofh.noc.best.net!ennui From: rone@bofh.noc.best.net (Ron Echeverri) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: help improve news server performance Date: 3 Jul 1997 18:25:29 -0700 Organization: fidgety systems administrators gmbh Lines: 22 Message-ID: <5phje9$aae$1@bofh.noc.best.net> References: <5padjp$1ot$1@news.futuresouth.com> <50rdp5.43a.ln@shift.utell.net> <5pefh7$4h9$1@flea.best.net> <5phiba$sas$1@news.futuresouth.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ennui.org Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43894 In article <5phiba$sas$1@news.futuresouth.com>, Tim Tsai <tim@futuresouth.com> wrote: >In <5pefh7$4h9$1@flea.best.net> dillon@flea.best.net (Matt Dillon) writes: >> Usually, INN's biggest problem under FreeBSD boxes is writing >> out article files. You have to make sure that certain spool >> directories (misc/jobs/offered, other jobs groups, control/cancel) >> do not get too large. > Hmmmm, does that mean one needs to expire these groups sooner? Yes. > I don't see any other way around it. There are other ways. There is currently a big thread about this whole issue in news.software.nntp. rone -- rone's rules: Ron Echeverri - I don't care. Systems/Usenet Administration - It's not important. Best Internet Communications - Leave me alone. rone@best.net