Re: Linux betas NT in TPC testing, running Oracle8
Date: 14 May 1999 14:52:02 -0600
Message-ID: <m37lqbxtl9.fsf_at_lab.slc.codem.com>
jedi_at_dementia.mishnet () 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.
I started running Usenet on a 20 MB 486/25 with a 540 MB disk in '94 (using Linux). On a 56K Frame Relay line. It has grown just a tad since then. For one thing, that 56K line has been unable to handle a full feed since probably sometime in '96.
Technically, you may be right. You can probably still run a full feed on a 486 _if_ certain conditions are met and you really, really want to do it for some reason. But one of the conditions is that you can't have many readers or a very long article retention, which begs the question of why you would want to have a full feed under those conditions when places like RemarQ and Dejanews exist.
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