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Subject: Re: INN history file and disk I/O
To: michaelv@MindBender.serv.net (Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com)
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> >> >Lesson #1: YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MUCH RAM IN A NEWS SERVER :-)
> >> >(ok, well, if you have 20GB of disk and 10GB of RAM, I might argue you
> >> >were approaching having enough RAM).
> >> 
> >> Or, approaching bankruptcy...  ;-)
> >
> >Maybe not, at today's RAM prices.  Under $1000 for 128MB RAM?  There's
> >no excuse any longer not to fill these machines up to capacity.
> 
> Oh, I agree.  Definitely.
> 
> I was just referring to 10GB of RAM...  Roughly $51,000 at todays
> prices.  Of course, about seven months ago, that would have been
> closer to $275,000!

I know people that have paid $51,000 for their news operations :-)
It is not that much of a stretch...  but somebody has to show me a MB
that can handle it first  ;-)

... JG