Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 07:59:22 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Lee Reese <lee@gwinnett.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Viability of -current for Usenet News Message-ID: <199807241459.HAA00254@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 23 Jul 1998 09:32:16 EDT." <35B73B60.41C67EA6@gwinnett.com>
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> We have been having quite a bit of trouble running a Usenet News server > over the last 8 months. The machine in question is a dual Pentium Pro > with 256MB and a DPT 3334UW Raid Controller. > > What I would like to do is convince the Sysadmin that FreeBSD might be a > better platform than Slackware Linux for administering the server. The > machine would be running INN 2.0. We have seen severe buffering > problems with the RAID controller and Linux in its present state. Could > anyone give any reasons why FreeBSD may be a superior OS for such an > application so I can convince the Sysadmin to switch? Thanks. You might want to talk to Matt Dillon from Best Internet, who is I understand evalutating a similar system at the moment. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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