Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 09:35:15 -0500 (EST)
From: Peter Berger <peterb@telerama.lm.com>
To: Craig Shrimpton <craigs@os.com>
Cc: questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Inodes for news server
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Use 4 2 gig drives.  The more you split your spool, the less time you 
spend waiting for the devices to finish writing.  I speak from hard-won 
experience.  Heck, if you can swing it, split those drives across two 
SCSI controllers.

Of course, this makes the configuration end of things even more of a pain 
in the ass, but that's the price you pay.

Peter

On Fri, 1 Dec 1995, Craig Shrimpton wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> I'm building a news server and would like some advice.  Is it better to use
> 2 4 GIG drives or 4 2 GIG drives?  Basically, I need to know if the
> performance difference is worth paying an extra $1000.00 for the 2 GIGGERS.
> 
> Also, when I mkfs, what is the proper inode count for a news drive?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Craig
> 
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