Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 09:46:20 -0600 (CST) From: "Karl Denninger, MCSNet" <karl@mcs.com> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, rashid@rk.ios.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Some SERIOUS NFS usage - advice needed Message-ID: <m0toXnB-000IDVC@venus.mcs.com> In-Reply-To: <199602190452.PAA08872@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Feb 19, 96 03:22:32 pm
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> > Joe Greco stands accused of saying: > > > > > > For news, you want one machine hosting the news, and a number of NFS > > > clients running readers only. Don't try to run your news databases > > > across NFS, it's just too slow. > > > > NFS clients running readers? I disagree..! You are not lowering the I/O > > demands on the server disks at all. Run slaves :-) > > Urk, good point. Forget I ever suggested it! > > > ccd works fine, I have not tested more than two disks striped, more than one > > ccd device, or a partition > 8GB, but I do have 2-drive 4GB and 8GB > > partitions running on news.sol.net and daily-planet.execpc.com, very > > reliable. news.sol.net has actually STOPPED crashing because it's no longer > > running out of disk space every few days :-) > > Yay! > > > ... Joe Uh, what's "ccd". Are we talking striping in software on FreeBSD 2.1? -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - The Finest Internet Connectivity Modem: [+1 312 248-0900] | T1 from $600 monthly; speeds to DS-3 available Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1] | 21 Chicagoland POPs, ISDN, 28.8, much more Fax: [+1 312 248-9865] | Email to "info@mcs.net" WWW: http://www.mcs.net/ ISDN - Get it here TODAY! | Home of Chicago's only FULL Clarinet feed!
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?m0toXnB-000IDVC>