> > I saw the web pages on netapps home pages about using a netapp for
> > news. Any more recent experiences? What kind of configuration are you
> > using?
>
> Two F-540s (one for alt.*, one for everything else including overview,
> active file, and history) with presently five DEC Alphastation 500/333s
> with 512MB (one "writer" running INN, four reader machines that mount
> the spool and invoke nnrpd out of inetd.) We peak at about 2000
> readers with room for more.
I'd be interested to hear what people do with the snapshots on a NetApp
which is used as News spool. My feeling is that it's mostly wasted -
we're not concerned with a user accidentally deleting files here.
Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug(a)nethelp.no