Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 18:07:44 -0500 From: Mitch Collinsworth <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU> To: Bob@buckhorn.net Cc: David Fuchs <beastie@beastie.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: INN vs. DNews Message-ID: <200001202307.SAA00898@benge.graphics.cornell.edu> In-Reply-To: Message from Bob Martin <bob@buckhorn.net> of "Thu, 20 Jan 2000 16:07:54 CST." <3887873A.D2DF2EED@buckhorn.net>
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>INN and DNEWS where pretty even until DNEWS released version 5. They >totally reinvented the way the server gets rid of stale files (expires), >and the server can be configured to spawn child processes. (If one news >server isn't enough, run 2, or 3 or ..). We have 2 full IHAVE feeds >inbound (UUNET and C&W), we feed two corporate downline servers (one >suck feed, one IHAVE) and usually have around 900 users online. All of >this on a P200pro, 96mb RAM, and 50gb of ide disk. And we have server to >spare. We run our tucows mirror on the same box. (Of course, I firmly >beleive that 3x-stable is making all of this possible ;) Well since I'm preparing to build a new server soon I will consider DNEWS, too. :-) One thing you mentioned reminds me of a question I've been pondering. Disks. You said you're using 50 GB IDE. I have no IDE experience (yet) but recent discussions had left me wondering if IDE was really up to the challenge of news. I've been torn between buying new IDE drives and throwing some existing towers filled with 2 GB SCSI drives at it. (Yes, I have a lot of old 2 GB drives, 7 to a box.) Given the I/O profile of news I'm not yet convinced the IDE drives would be faster. -Mitch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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