New, Improved News Server Replaces news.uoregon.edu

We recently upgraded the old news.uoregon.edu server (aka pith.uoregon.edu) with a new server offering more than 350GB (over a third of a terabyte) worth of article storage, improved network connectivity and CPU horsepower.

While we're delighted to be able to bring you this new server, you should be aware that it's running an experimental version of the ISC's INN news server software, which is still under development. We generally prefer to run production code on production servers, but this time we have no choice. The production versions of INN do not support critical features we require (such as files greater than 2GB, which are needed to accommodate large files such as the server's article history files).

As always, users can use the alternative news server called platform.uoregon.edu, although article numbering and group coverage may vary between the two machines.

Send questions about news.uoregon.edu to joe@oregon.uoregon.edu Questions about platform.uoregon.edu may be sent to joelja@darkwing.uoregon.edu