From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 14 22:37:59 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id WAA16012 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 14 Feb 1996 22:37:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from rk.ios.com (rk.ios.com [198.4.75.55]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA16007 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 1996 22:37:55 -0800 (PST) Received: (from rashid@localhost) by rk.ios.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id BAA29572; Wed, 15 Feb 1995 01:37:30 -0500 From: Rashid Karimov Message-Id: <199502150637.BAA29572@rk.ios.com> Subject: Re: INN port problems To: taob@io.org (Brian Tao) Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 01:37:30 -0500 (EST) Cc: lray@aurora.liunet.edu, questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Brian Tao" at Feb 15, 96 00:42:25 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi there folx, > > On Wed, 14 Feb 1996 lray@aurora.liunet.edu wrote: > > > > I've installed INN from the port, but I cannot seem to configure it > > correctly. I keep getting "File exists writing symlinking article file -- > > throttling" errors, and even though I tried compiling without MMAP as the > > FAQ suggests, the errors won't go away. > > Have you tried renumbering your active file to see if that fixes > the problem? See the ctlinnd command. yes , it should solve the problem ... Good advice is to get and read thru the INN FAQ - it's absolutely the Best FAQ IMHO. I have other INN related Q for FreeBSD addicts :) here: what is expirience with running FreeBSD PCs as INND servers with full news feed ? Is it capable of handling the load ? Any IO/CPU limitations ? I run P6-200 here as news server - runs just fine, load averages are ~0.3-0.5 , readers peak at ~200-300, total of ~23.000 newsgroups in active, 3 days expire average, 370.000 - 420.000 inodes used in /usr/spool/uucp. 4 sites feed me , but I have feeling I do miss a LOT. I have average BW of 15-20Kbytes/sec to all 4 of 'em. Round-trips range from 40ms to 90ms. [ going away from freebsd-hackers here :) ] What can possibly be done to speed the things up ? Any sense in using batch/compression mode ,assuming 4 peers ? As I understand in this case IHAVE doesn't work so I'll be fed ALL articles and will have to check for whether I have 'em afterwards ? So even though me and my sender will certainly save some time in IHAVE/open() cycle, significant BW will be consumed by sending the (compressed)articles I already have. Any personal preferences as whose Newsfeed is the best ? :) Any1 willing to peer at NYC-DC area ? Rashid.