From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jul 24 08:57:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA02140 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 08:57:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (castles238.castles.com [208.214.165.238]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA02056 for ; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 08:57:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@antipodes.cdrom.com) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antipodes.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA00254; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 07:59:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199807241459.HAA00254@antipodes.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Lee Reese cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Viability of -current for Usenet News In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 23 Jul 1998 09:32:16 EDT." <35B73B60.41C67EA6@gwinnett.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 07:59:22 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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