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Having recently gotten a MicroVAX 3100 up and running with Ultrix 4.3,
and waiting for an IBM RS/6000-320H to arrive (hopefully, with the
latest AIX), I would like to set up a news host for our local academic
community. However, being mostly ignorant of the administrative side
of news, I'd like to ask for your expert opinions.
 
* Of the two machines on which to run it, which would be the best
  candidate, in terms of handling the load ? I would probably get a feed
  from another nearby campus and receive 1,200-1,300 groups, and have to
  serve 600-800 users daily, approx.
 
* What amount of disk space would you recommend to set aside, if we plan
  to keep the articles for a week, on the average ?
 
* Which software would you recommend ? The VAX already has the stock
  code that comes with the Ultrix shipment, but I have no objection to
  using other code.
 
Perhaps I should mention that we would like to be able to read the news
directly from our PC's, using Trumpet or other similar news readers.
Also, our VM users will use Paul Campbell's NNR/VM.
 
Thanks in advance for any information.
 
 
Juan M. Courcoul                            COURCOUL@VMTECQRO.QRO.ITESM.MX
Monterrey Tech.                             COURCOUL@VMTECQR2.QRO.ITESM.MX
Queretaro Campus                            courcoul@itesmcq1.qro.itesm.mx