From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 12 20:03:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA21624 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 12 Dec 1997 20:03:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA21605 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 1997 20:03:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id OAA04369; Sat, 13 Dec 1997 14:33:35 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19971213143334.26188@lemis.com> Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 14:33:34 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Gary Lahr Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How big does my system need to be? References: <01bd06f9$0413c5f0$7b547e8b@lahrg.atlanta.ds.adp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <01bd06f9$0413c5f0$7b547e8b@lahrg.atlanta.ds.adp.com>; from Gary Lahr on Fri, Dec 12, 1997 at 07:25:22AM -0500 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, Dec 12, 1997 at 07:25:22AM -0500, Gary Lahr wrote: > I am using a FreeBSD 486 for a postoffice and I want to know how to > calculate how many users it will support. I currently have 500MB HD and 8MB > RAM. I can upgrade the system but I need to know what to upgrade it to. I > support 150 users give or take 20. This box does nothing but support POP3 > users. Well, it looks pretty small to me. But it depends on the traffic, not the number of users. If each user gets 2 or 3 messages a week and downloads once a day, it's probably adequate. If each user is subscribed to FreeBSD-questions and FreeBSD-hackers, and downloads every half hour, you'll have problems. What's the user profile like? Greg