From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Mar 3 17:38:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA15708 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 17:38:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gjp.erols.com (alex-va-n008c243.moon.jic.com [206.156.18.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA15689 for ; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 17:38:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) Received: from gjp.erols.com (localhost.erols.com [127.0.0.1]) by gjp.erols.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA14575; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 20:37:53 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) To: Joe Mays cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: Possibly stupid news thought.... In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 02 Mar 1998 20:06:45 EST." <34FB57A5.7852A2BD@launchpad.win.net> Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 20:37:52 -0500 Message-ID: <14571.888975472@gjp.erols.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Joe Mays wrote in message ID <34FB57A5.7852A2BD@launchpad.win.net>: > And in the "Just because I'm curious" category.... > > Has anyone ever thought about or tried running a news server > with a bunch of solid state disk drives? I know of one place using a solid state disk on a feeder with a cyclical spool format, however solid state drives (especially good ones) are too small and too expensive for reader boxes. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message