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From: dcox@ssd.kodak.com (Don Cox (253-7121))
Newsgroups: news.software.nntp
Subject: How much of a load is nntp?
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Date: 15 Nov 90 15:55:32 GMT
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I am running NNTP 1.5.10 with CNews on a Sun 4/280 (SunOS4.0.3).
Currently I have about 100 people using this machine to read netnews.
I haven't notice any performance degration yet, but since this
machine is also a fileserver for 10 diskless clients, I am concerned
at what point I may start to suffer because of the nntp hits.

Does nntp cause much of a performance hit on the system the clients are
getting the news from? What would be a ballpark figure for the max
number of clients you would want to service before considering down-
loading the news to a remote site?

Thanks.
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                  Don Cox
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