Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 08:57:37 -0500 From: Charles Reese <reese@chem.duke.edu> To: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: News on FreeBSD Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19970107135737.0066ecec@chem.duke.edu>
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I am also interested in setting up News and at the risk of getting roasted I would like to ask if anyone has used a multiple PC/FreeBSD system using IDE drives. For the same price as the SCSI system one could get 3- 486s each with 2 enhanced IDEs. I'm ducking now, Charlie Reese At 01:21 AM 1/7/97 +0100, you wrote: >Hi! > >> Does FreeBSD make a good News server? > >I am running several inhouse, serving thousands of clients every day. They >are in my experience better than all the expensive systems, and more stable >that the other free systems like the l-word. > >> What hardware is recommended? > >For a full feed I would suggest 2*4*4 SCSI drives spread over two fast >controllers. > >That should be running on a P128 with 198MB of RAM, and linked to the net >with a minimum of T1. > >I suggest starting with something a lot less, and only taking in some >groups :) > >> Required reading? > >http://www.isc.org/isc/inn.html > >> Required software? > >ftp://ftp.vix.com/pub/inn > >A bit terse, but you wanted to learn for yourself :) > >PS: Ill be glad to give you some tips if you get stuck! > >Regards > > Mikael Hugo > > ------------------------------------------------------ Charles E. Reese * Senior Research Associate * Chemistry Dept. * * Duke University * Consulting services: * Durham, NC 27710 * Chromatography * 919-660-1585 * Chemometrics * 919-544-7217 * Isotachophoresis * * WWW site development * reese@chem.duke.edu * * ------------------------------------------------------
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