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From: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
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Subject: Re: scaling number of ftp users
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In-Reply-To: <199611181359.NAA22720@gamespot.com> from "Ian Kallen" at Nov 18, 96 02:40:30 pm
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> I've been keeping an eye on the number of simultaneous ftp users 
> (using wu-ftpd) and comparing it to what vmstat is reporting for 
> free memory.  While there seems to be a general downward trend for 
> free memory as the number from ftpcount goes up, it does not seem 
> exactly linear.  How are other folks deciding where to put the limit 
> on ftp users?
> 
> BTW this is running on a pentium 133 w/ 128 megs of ram.  

When your box is swapping more than you'd like, or you are out of {CPU,
network} bandwidth, that's where you draw the line  :-)

What you choose is somewhat arbitrary.  There is a maximum practical
number of users, but it is not easy to determine, and has more to do
with local usage patterns, etc.

... JG