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Date:      Tue, 23 Jul 1996 21:01:19 +0000
From:      "Ian Kallen" <ian@gamespot.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   1250 simultaneous sessions? (Re: Internet Server?)
Message-ID:  <199607232056.UAA23678@gamespot.com>

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> From:          James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
> Subject:       Re: Internet Server?
> To:            sai@ebara.co.jp
> Date:          Tue, 23 Jul 1996 20:14:35 +0000 ()
> Cc:            freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Yes indeed, it's used by many Internet Service Providers across the
> world; the most famous example is probably Walnut Creek's FTP
> server, which can support up to 1250 simultaneous clients.
> 
What kind of hardware and what kernel tweak is being used that can handle 
1250 simultaneous sessions??  I was wondering what the upper limit of
fbsd's memory capacity is, I'm thinking of moving a 64 meg ram 
machine to 128 megs (simms are sooo cheap these days!). 
Ian Kallen                           ian@gamespot.com
     Director of Technology & Web Administration
            http://www.gamespot.com



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