29 Jun
2011
29 Jun
'11
8:28 p.m.
Hey is anybody running INN, especially under Solaris 10?
I am using leafnode under Linux and I'm mostly happy with it but I'm
thinking about moving this service off my desktop and running it on a
server, probably under Solaris 10. I figured while I am at it maybe I
should consider INN because of the option of using a different spool
format that is supposed to increase performance significantly. Recovering
or moving my news spool which is not that big at around 4G takes forever
(not that I do it a lot, but I have done it and it's a pain) and now the
startup each time a client connects takes a while. I think I'm outgrowing
leafnode.
I'm curious how much work it takes to administer INN for a small network to
know if it's worth it or just overkill. Specifically, I want to be able to
only host groups I want (about 500) including local-only groups rather
than doing a complete usenet grab, and I would like to be able to support
SSL connections directly. I use stunnel now on Linux but I've had some
problems with it on Solaris 10, so if INN supports it directly that would
be a plus.
If anybody has any comments or suggestions I would appreciate it. Thanks.
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29 Jun
29 Jun
10:53 p.m.
On 6/29/11 3:28 PM, vintagecoder at aol.com wrote:
Hey is anybody running INN, especially under Solaris
10?
I am.
I am using leafnode under Linux and I'm mostly
happy with it but I'm
thinking about moving this service off my desktop and running it on a
server, probably under Solaris 10. I figured while I am at it maybe I
should consider INN because of the option of using a different spool
format that is supposed to increase performance significantly. Recovering
or moving my news spool which is not that big at around 4G takes forever
(not that I do it a lot, but I have done it and it's a pain) and now the
startup each time a client connects takes a while. I think I'm outgrowing
leafnode.
I'm running it with a ZFS spool with compression enabled.
Performance is good.
I'm curious how much work it takes to administer
INN for a small network to
know if it's worth it or just overkill. Specifically, I want to be able to
only host groups I want (about 500) including local-only groups rather
than doing a complete usenet grab, and I would like to be able to support
SSL connections directly. I use stunnel now on Linux but I've had some
problems with it on Solaris 10, so if INN supports it directly that would
be a plus.
There's some setup work, but that's par for the course for INN. Once
it's set up, it seems to just keep rolling along just fine. If you
decide to try it, feel free to contact me if you run into trouble, I may
be able to help you out.
-Dave
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30 Jun
30 Jun
11:48 a.m.
Dave McGuire wrote:
> Hey is anybody running INN, especially under
Solaris 10?
I am.
Hah! I figured you would!
I'm running it with a ZFS spool with compression
enabled. Performance is
good.
I wouldn't normally think of using compression but I have to admit, if
anything deserves it, it has to be usenet text posts. That does sound like
a good idea. Glad you mentioned it.
> I'm curious how much work it takes to
administer INN for a small network
> to know if it's worth it or just overkill. Specifically, I want to be
> able to only host groups I want (about 500) including local-only groups
> rather than doing a complete usenet grab, and I would like to be able to
> support SSL connections directly. I use stunnel now on Linux but I've
> had some problems with it on Solaris 10, so if INN supports it directly
> that would be a plus.
There's some setup work, but that's par for
the course for INN.
How major is it? Are we talking a couple of hours for somebody who hasn't
used it before, or a week's worth of tweaking, etc. Some things seem to
come up and then it takes a while to get them like you want while others
seem not to do anything at all until you get everything right. I don't have
any examples right off the top of my head but that's kind of what I am
wondering. Did you compile it from source (my preference) or get a package
from one of the Solaris package sites? I don't have
as much luck building
stuff on Solaris as I do on Linux. I recently tried to get
Emacs 64 bit
built on Solaris and finally gave up and installed XEmacs instead. For some
reason the XEmacs build just worked while the regular Emacs refused to
cooperate. The Solaris path hell seems to get me sometimes.
Once it's set up, it seems to just keep rolling
along just fine. If you
decide to try it, feel free to contact me if you run into trouble, I may
be able to help you out.
-Dave
Thanks a lot, I may just do that.
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