Re: netnews at 115Kbps via satellite

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From: Dane Jasper
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 00:00

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Dave Ratcliffe (dave@frackit.com) wrote:
: dane@sonic.net (Dane Jasper) wrote:
: >32 megs of ram is nothing for news - our news server has 96 megs to handle
: >about 12 days of news.

: Somebody has to ask this:

: What does the amount of RAM in a server have to do with how many days
: worth of news you retain in the spool? 

More news means a larger history file - larger history means larger indexes. 
Indexes are kept in ram for speed generally.

Dj

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From: dane@sonic.net (Dane Jasper)
Subject: Re: netnews at 115Kbps via satellite
Date: 1995/11/17
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