Re: Linux betas NT in TPC testing, running Oracle8

On 13 May 1999 10:23:20 -0600, Bob Hauck <bobh_at_wasatch.com> wrote:
>cbbrowne_at_news.hex.net (Christopher Browne) writes:
>
>> On Wed, 12 May 1999 13:52:10 -0500, nik <ndsimpso_at_ingr.com> wrote:
>
>> > I'd like to see you run a full feed (35K+groups, 2GB & 1.5-2million
>> > articles inbound/day) on a 486 with any OS. If you seriously think

	My introduction to Usenet was via a Waffle based BBS
	that was running QNX on a 386. The problem with Usenet
	full feed is the storage requirement, no the CPU.

>> > that's possible then you've obviously never tried to run a full
>> > newsfeed.
>
>> I suggest that you bounce an email to <sdenny_at_hex.net>. He used to do
>> something less dissimilar to this than you'd think.
>
>What kills you with newsfeeds isn't the feed itself. It is the history
>file, downstream feeds, and readers. If you have short retention times,
>keep limited history, don't feed anyone else, and have a moderate number
>of readers, you can get by with a surprisingly small box as long as it
>has a decent disk system.
>
>We ran about 14K groups on a Pentium 120 with 64 MB for quite a while.
>Of course we had ultra-scsi disks with articles stored on a stripe set,
>the OS, history, and news files were on different spindles, and we
>rarely had more than 10 readers at once. That last, coupled with the
>bandwidth consumption, are the main reasons we gave up on doing our own
>News and outsourced. Too much trouble for too few users.

        Usenet has been around a bit longer than the 486.         

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