Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 20:16:17 -0500 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: HawkeWerks Multimedia <hawke@hawkewerks.com>, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newserver recommendations Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970102201614.0099e100@sentex.net>
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At 03:03 PM 1/02/97 -0600, HawkeWerks Multimedia wrote: >I'm about to set up a full feed news server. I'd like any >suggestions/recommendations for setup. Partition choices, any special INN >configurations, recommended news feeders, etc. Any information would be >greatly appreciated I asked this question a few months or so ago and got many helpful responses... Basically, it boils down to this... *Dont* get one big whopper of a drive. Instead, split it up among many 4 gig hard drives, and with 2 SCSI controllers if you are pushing 8 disks... Depending on how many news readers you will have, and how big of a feed you want, get as much RAM as possible. 128Meg is a good starting point. Dont forget to compile in the MAXMEN option to take advantage of the extra RAM. Also, get 512K cache. Personally, I wouldnt bother with a Pentium Pro. Spend the money you save on a Pentium 166 or even a 133 and buy more RAM. I have 128Meg RAM, and an active file thats trimmed down to 16,000 news groups with a couple of UUCP feeds, and 2 nntp partial outbound feeds, and I hardly ever see the load average push much above .5-.6. Also, trim any dead weight out of the active file that you dont need... I am sure our customers are not much different from a typical ISP, and we get at best about 1500 different newsgroups being read in a month, with the most popular being the alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.* newsgroups (by a VERY, VERY large margin!) So, if you want to keep more than a couple of days around, you will need 8 gig for these groups alone! Also, the alt.binaries.warez.* take a tremendous amount of space as well. If you have never setup innd, read through the FAQ, its quite helpful... The most recent versions of INND can be found at http://www.isc.org/isc/inn.html. Also, as another person said, go through this mailing list and look at the previous postings... They are quite helpful. ---Mike
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