From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Dec 12 23:23:36 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA01614 for chat-outgoing; Fri, 12 Dec 1997 23:23:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mutara.noc.erols.net (mutara.noc.erols.net [207.172.25.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA01603 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 1997 23:23:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gjp@mutara.noc.erols.net) Received: (from gjp@localhost) by mutara.noc.erols.net (8.8.8/8.8.7) id CAA12282; Sat, 13 Dec 1997 02:10:08 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 02:10:08 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199712130710.CAA12282@mutara.noc.erols.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.8 References: <199712082138.XAA07553@shadows.aeon.net> From: gjp@erols.net (Gary Palmer) Subject: Re: news servers X-Original-Newsgroups: lists.freebsd.chat To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In article <199712082138.XAA07553@shadows.aeon.net>, bsdchat@shadows.aeon.net (mika ruohotie) writes: > just out of curiousity, and to back myself up in an argument, well, > more like a sort of an argument, it's not a huge disagreement... > anyone know what kind of hardware say top 20-30 usenet servers > listed in http://www.freenix.fr/top1000 are using? > > i mean the latest, october stat. > > freebsd on _any_ of those? (if not, where's the first known one?) > > dont tell me first limux can be found above [free]bsd... > > [and why do i recall like someone on the freebsd lists would > be maintaining, more or less, top servers...] >From the latest list, and memory: Rank weight name ============================ 1 28.59 cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com (Solaris, Cyclone) 2 26.48 newsfeed.internetmci.com (Solaris, Cyclone) 3 20.45 news.maxwell.syr.edu (NT, NNTPRelay) 4 16.20 howland.erols.net (Solaris, Cyclone) 5 15.24 news-peer.sprintlink.net (Solaris, Cyclone) 6 14.82 cyberspam (virtual) 7 13.29 sol.net (FreeBSD, Diablo) 8 13.27 newsfeeds.sol.net (FreeBSD, Diablo) 9 12.02 adiron (no idea) 10 11.99 nocemed (virtual) 11 11.48 newspeer.sol.net (FreeBSD, Diablo) 12 9.24 newsfeed.direct.ca (Solaris, Cyclone from the Banner) Gary