Thoughts about a Classiccmp private newsgroup

From: J. Maynard Gelinas <maynard_at_jmg.com>
Date: Sat Apr 11 11:57:29 1998

     Tim,
     
     Linux generally runs classic news servers such as INN or
     CNews+NNTP. Most Linux distro's ship with INN as that is
     currently being maintained. I've set up INN sites with full
     newsfeeds, thousands of users, and peak usage of +500 concurrent
     users... in the BIG News server world this is considered 'dinky.'
     Though I haven't done this under Linux I would expect a modern
     x86 with plenty of ram should be able to handle the job of a full
     feed+bunch o' users, especially now that in kernel disk striping
     is available. As for handling a small group like this along with
     some ancilliary groups like 'for sale', 'EE', etc., with our
     volume I bet a Sun 3 or VAXStation could handle the load of NNTP
     Server, Mail Server, and mail to news exploder.

     I can't speak to Microsoft NT as a stable News serving platform;
     never done that. I can't imagine how it would work without
     symbolic links and heirerarchical mount points, but I note that
     there _are_ commercial news servers available. However, INN,
     Cnews+NNTP, and even the original BNews are still available in
     Open Source. As always, YMMV. Though, for something like this I
     would _always_ suggest the free alternative first. ;-)

--jmg


> From: "Hotze" <photze_at_batelco.com.bh>
> Subject: Re: Thoughts about a Classiccmp private newsgroup
>
> Yeah, but could such a thing be done on Linux/UNIX OS's? I'm guessing that
> you would need a NT server... and I don't like NT servers. I actually had a
> NT and Linux server running on the exact same machine, at different times.
> NT was harder to handle, and had more crashes just when I needed it most,
> with many requests. Also, I had to reboot it 8 times to get it set up with
> my video card, but not other cards, altogether, it took 16 reboots, compared
> to 1 with Linux. My NT 5.0 beta is showing some signs of hope, but I'll
> need a lot more before trusting NT with a hobby list as important as this
> one.
> Just my 0.02

  [snip]
Received on Sat Apr 11 1998 - 11:57:29 BST