/|\   |  NNTP Transit Links          Typical Data Center Diagram   
       |    |  To News Peers                                             
       |   \|/                                                                                              
    ------------                                                                                            
    | Transit  |---------------------------------------------------------------.                            
    |   Server |------------------------.                                       |                           
    ------------                         |         Backup Links To              |          Backup Links To  
      /|\   |  NNTP Transit Links        |        Other Text Spools             |         Other Bins Spools 
       |    |  To Other Transit          |             \ /  /|\                 |              \ /  /|\     
       |   \|/ Servers                  \|/             |    |                 \|/              |    |      
                                 ----------------       |    |           ----------------       |    |      
                                 |     Text     |-------'    |           |   Binaries   |-------'    |      
                                 | Spool Server |------------'           | Spool Server |------------'      
                                 ----------------                        ----------------                   
                                         |    |                              |    |                         
                                         |    |                              |    |                         
                                         |    |                              |    |                         
                                         |    |        Local Spool           |    |                         
                                         |    |        Server Links          |    |                         
                                         |    |                              |    |                         
                                         |    |                              |    |                         
                                         |    |                              |    |                         
                                         |    |      -------------------     |    |                         
                                         |    `------| Local dreaderd  |-----'    |                         
                                         |           | Reader Server   |          |                         
                                         |           -------------------          |                         
                                         |                 |    |                 |                         
                                         |                \|/  \|/                |                         
                                         |                                        |                         
                                         |                                        |                         
                                         |                                        |                         
                                         |           -------------------          |                         
                                         `-----------| Local dreaderd  |----------'                         
                                                     | Reader Server   |                                    
                                                     -------------------                                    
                                                           |    |                                           
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                                                        Backup Spool                                        
                                                        Server Links