From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Apr 15 07:55:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA13784 for isp-outgoing; Tue, 15 Apr 1997 07:55:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from indigo.ie (aoife.indigo.ie [194.125.133.9]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA13775 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 1997 07:55:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from indigo.ie (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by indigo.ie (8.8.5/8.8.5/INDIGO-HUB) with ESMTP id PAA23521; Tue, 15 Apr 1997 15:55:30 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <199704151455.PAA23521@indigo.ie> To: Seppo Kallio Cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is someone running heavy loaded inn server? In-reply-to: Message from Seppo Kallio dated today at 17:14. From: Alan Judge Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 15:55:30 +0100 Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I'm running a large FreeBSD based server. It's not heavily loaded yet (two full streaming feeds in and maybe 100 readers at peak times). Load rarely climbs about 0.3. Setup: PPro 200, 256MB RAM, 8*4GB Quantum Atlas II Ultra Wide, 3940UW, SMC EtherPower 10/100. Software: FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE (cvsuped kernel on 2.2.1 system), INN-1.5.1, nntplink, newsxd. All works fine, as far as I can see, but the load is not that high yet. We are taking a full feed (around 300K articles/day) without problems, and the disks are ticking over nicely. One warning though. If you are using Adaptec disk controllers, make sure to get the very latest kernel. Both 2.2.1-RELEASE and 2.1.7.1-RELEASE have Adaptec problems under load and we had some hangs and crashes before upgrading. -- Alan Judge Phone: +353-1-6046901 Indigo Internet Services Fax: +353-1-6046948