Re: Linux betas NT in TPC testing, running Oracle8

On Fri, 14 May 1999 08:26:30 -0500, nik <ndsimpso_at_ingr.com> wrote:
>
>jedi_at_dementia.mishnet wrote in message ...
>>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.
>>
>I setup my first USENET server in 1988 using a MODEM for the connection and
>UUCP for the feed with BNEWS software, I agree that CPU is not the main
>factor, but requirements for a full feed today do exceed what can be done on
>a 486 based systems for a variety of reasons:
>
>1. Very few 486 systems have PCI, and on those that do the implementation
>sucks. SO you don't have enough I/O bandwidth available.

        You don't need all of PCI's bandwidth to keep up with SCSI-3.

>
>2. The memory capacity of 486 systems is usually too small and the interface
>to slow to handle the memory bandwidth requirements.

        My last 486 had 32M and room for more actually.

>
>3. A 486 simply doesn't have enough grunt to handle the load, You really do
>need at a bare minumum a Pentium Pro lcass machine to handle a full feed and
>readers today.

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