Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 17:12:36 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Tao <taob@io.org> To: Matt Emerson <matt@pip.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: switch from sun to freebsd news server? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960314171114.4638D-100000@cabal.io.org> In-Reply-To: <199602250142.UAA00358@nightfly.pip.net>
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On Sat, 24 Feb 1996, Matt Emerson wrote:
>
> i may be completely mad, but i have been thinking about replacing
> our current news server (sparc 10/40 running sunos 4.1.4, 64MB mem,
> 8GB spool) with a pentium running freebsd.
How many readers and feeds do you expect to handle? A P133 with
64MB and multiple disk controllers and spindles should be able to
handle 100 readers and about a dozen feeds without too much trouble.
--
Brian Tao (BT300, taob@io.org)
Systems Administrator, Internex Online Inc.
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't"
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