Date: 8 Dec 1995 01:56:26 +0800 From: peter@haywire.dialix.com (Peter Wemm) To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newsserver configuration Message-ID: <4a79sa$84f$1@haywire.DIALix.COM> References: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.951207175228.6041A-100000@gateway.net.hk>, <199512071225.GAA10255@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
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jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com (Joe Greco) writes: [...] >News Rule 1: You would rather have LOTS of slightly slower, smaller disks >than a few large, fast drives. This fact has been lost on so many people. >If I had a nickel for every time I've told somebody this and they've ignored >me, I could be Bill Gates. Heh. And I get a good giggle when you post your pretty damn good news throughput stats on the news admin newsgroups when people are having bottleneck problems on their "super fast, high performance servers", and their jaws drop and they ask you what you're running... :-) It's especially interesting after there's been a long argument on how important it is to have a "big, mega fast disk" (hoho). And here comes Joe, on his "lowly" pentium FreeBSD box with run-of-the-mill disks showing impressive numbers beating the $30,000 hardware.. :-) Bang! shoots their argument to bits.. :-) (Well, maybe my memory of the most recent "go round" is a little exaggerated, but you get the idea.. :-) -Peter >... Joe >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Joe Greco - Systems Administrator jgreco@ns.sol.net >Solaria Public Access UNIX - Milwaukee, WI 414/342-4847
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