Subj : Re: DB Binkd
To   : Mark Da Silva
From : Ward Dossche
Date : Sun Aug 08 2021 02:19 pm

MD>WD> It was a beautiful machine ... affordable, with a 20MB hardcard.
MD>WD> Compiling the nodelist took like 40 minutes.
 
MD> 40 Minutes! Imagine if you had more then one network, Were they user
MD> ugradable at all?
 
The problem was the HD capacity, and its speed.
 
The nodelist then was 7MB, when you apply the nodiff then the outcome is also 7MB. Meaning you already needed 14MB just for nodelist processing ... of a 20MB disc ... doesn't give you much leeway with othwer stuff you're doing.
 
 \%/@rd 

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