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In article <1992Aug18.180205.6807@SSD.intel.com> jerryg@ssd.intel.com (Jerry Gaiser) writes:
>In article <1992Aug14.222104.6931@qiclab.scn.rain.com> 70465.203@compuserve.com writes:
>>Myles Wakeham <mylesw@amgen.com> writes:
>>
>>>>I wonder how much hard disk space do you need to start a BBS with? I
>>>>plan in the future to join the fray of proud SysOps running a BBS. 
>>
>>>I would budget a minimum of 100mb to handle messaging, utility programs,
>>>doors, etc.  Then there's your file system.  If you intend to have a lot
>>>of files, then up the size accordingly.
>>
>>100 meg? The only BBSes I know of that have HDs that big either have 
>>*large* file areas, or are Fido hubs. 
>>
>>We run a busy system on a 286 with an 80 meg HD (donated) that is less
>>than 1/2 full. And includes a lot of non-BBS stuff (like the TP 5.5
>>compiler/debugge and assembler so I can work on utilities on the
>>same system)
>>
>And I'm running a 'starting to get busy' system on a 386 with a 40 meg HD.
>I'm carrying about 25 echoes (though a few are sysop only and tend to
>stay low volume). Things are starting to get a little tight though. I
>only have about 7 meg on one partition and 2.5 meg on the second.
>-- 
>Jerry Gaiser
>         Usenet: jerryg@ssd.intel.com
>        Fidonet: 1:105/380
>           PBBS: n7pwf@n7pwf.or.usa.na

	How about a Mac BBS WITH Downloads that has only 46 megs allocated!
	(I have the other 140 megs allocated to development and Apps)

Scott R. Bell
Avalon: (303) 367-8503
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