[58291] in North American Network Operators' Group
NNTP servers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Drew Weaver)
Tue May 6 21:01:25 2003
From: Drew Weaver <drew.weaver@thenap.com>
To: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 21:21:08 -0400
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Howdy, if this is off-topic I certainly apologize however I
believe that running an NNTP server is usually part of a 'network
operations' sphere of influence. I have a few basic questions. Does anyone
know off hand how much disk is needed for a fairly respectable NNTP server
for a full feed? Also is IDE still too slow/unreliable for this type of
operation? I know back when we got our current server IDE was very slow it
has sped up a bit since then. The reason I am asking is because it has come
time for the old NNTP server to be buried somewhere in the mountains and for
me to procure a new one. Currently we are running a P3 600 /w about 200 GB
of storage on Solaris and Typhoon, the reason we are replacing this server
is for the poor performance and its abhorrent retention.
Any advice would be pivotal to my purchasing decisions.
Thanks,
-Drew Weaver
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Howdy,
if this is off-topic I certainly apologize however I believe that running an
NNTP server is usually part of a 'network operations' sphere of
influence. I have a few basic questions. Does anyone know off hand how much
disk is needed for a fairly respectable NNTP server for a full feed? Also is
IDE still too slow/unreliable for this type of operation? I know back when we
got our current server IDE was very slow it has sped up a bit since then. The
reason I am asking is because it has come time for the old NNTP server to be
buried somewhere in the mountains and for me to procure a new one.
Currently we are running a P3 600 /w about 200 GB of storage on Solaris and
Typhoon, the reason we are replacing this server is for the poor performance
and its abhorrent retention.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Any
advice would be pivotal to my purchasing decisions.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks,</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>-</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Drew Weaver</span></font></p>
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