Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 22:08:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Tao <taob@nbc.netcom.ca> To: Nabil Zary <nabil@atlas.mip.ki.se> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD: 5000 Telnet users/ Best choice Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970606220510.13701A-100000@tor-adm1.nbc.netcom.ca> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.970604132903.27041A-100000@atlas.mip.ki.se>
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On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Nabil Zary wrote:
>
> We have to provide telnet access to around 5000 Students (for pine,
> irc, news, etc..). We expect an average of 50-100 users logged at
> the same time. Should a Pentium Pro 200Mhz with 120Mb RAM do the
> job?? (or is a Pentium 100Mhz, 98Mb RAM enough?) OS: FreeBSD 2.X
What else are you running on that box? If SMTP, POP3, news, HTTP,
etc. are running on other servers, a P133 with 128MB will be
comfortable for up to around 100 users (I ran two servers of this
scale at a previous employer). Given today's prices, I'd go for a
P166 or P200 with the same amount of RAM.
--
Brian Tao (BT300, taob@netcom.ca)
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't"
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