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Date:      Sat, 13 Dec 1997 02:10:08 -0500 (EST)
From:      gjp@erols.net (Gary Palmer)
To:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: news servers
Message-ID:  <199712130710.CAA12282@mutara.noc.erols.net>
References:  <199712082138.XAA07553@shadows.aeon.net>

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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



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