On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 09:48:46AM -0700, suse@rhugga.org wrote:
It has been years since I ran a news server, but what is an estimated amount of disk space needed to run a usenet server, sucking down all griuos and keeping articles for 7 days.
Lots. I remember reading a figure quoted recently by Demon Internet (a major UK ISP) somewhere. I think was somewhere in the region of 1 TB/week. (Yes, that's TERRA-byte). I suggest that you rethink your decision to take all groups... :-) Not taking alt.binaries.* is a good way of reducing the space required. -- David Smith Tel: +44 (0)1454 462380 (direct) STMicroelectronics Fax: +44 (0)1454 617910 1000 Aztec West TINA (ST only): (065) 2380 Almondsbury Home: 01454 616963 BRISTOL Mobile: 07932 642724 BS32 4SQ Work Email: Dave.Smith@st.com Home Email: David.Smith@ds-electronics.co.uk