From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Dec 7 11:47:04 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA11817 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 7 Dec 1995 11:47:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from alpha.ftcnet.com (admin@alpha.ftcnet.com [204.174.119.252]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA11811 Thu, 7 Dec 1995 11:47:01 -0800 (PST) Received: (from admin@localhost) by alpha.ftcnet.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) id LAA11611; Thu, 7 Dec 1995 11:43:19 -0800 Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 11:43:18 -0800 (PST) From: Bernard Klatt To: John Beukema cc: FreeBSD hackers , FreeBSD ISP Group Subject: Re: newsserver configuration In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Thu, 7 Dec 1995, John Beukema wrote: > A client is about to set up a news server for an ISP and proposes the > following: > > 1. Intel triton P5 mother board w/256k cache built in IDE & I/O port > 2. Intel P5 100Mhz CPU > 3. 2 x 16MB 72 pin RAM 70ns 32 MB is not really enough to do efficient expires for a 'full' feed. 80 - 100 MB RAM is preferred. > 4. Panasonic 1,44MB floppy > 5. Panasonic 4.4x IDE Bus CD-Rom > 6. PCI Promotion 6410 SVGA card w/ 1MB RAM > 7. Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI-2 controller > 7a. 2 x Seagate ST15230N 4GB Fast SCCI-2 HD Good idea, more spindles are better. You might even want to go with four 2 GB drives for better performance. Split the news heirarchies proportionaly accross the drives. > 8. NE2000 compatible LAN card ?? I use 3Com 3C509's since they have a faster driver. > 9. HP 4000-I external SCCI DAT 4mm tape or > 10. Wangdat 3200 internal DAT 4mm > > We want to run FreeBSD 2.1.0 and just do news on the LAN. > > Is the Intel mother board compatible and reliable? > are there drivers for all the hardware? > Is it worth getting a better ethernet card? > Any suggestions or comments? > > jbeukema Bernard Klatt Owner Fairview Tech Ctr Ltd. www.ftcnet.com