From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 23 21:06:41 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA10072 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 23 Jul 1996 21:06:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gamespot.com (ns1.gamespot.com [206.169.18.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id VAA10065 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 1996 21:06:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tech-a.gamespot.com (tech-a.gamespot.com [206.169.18.59]) by gamespot.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id UAA23678 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 1996 20:56:25 GMT Message-Id: <199607232056.UAA23678@gamespot.com> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Ian Kallen" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 21:01:19 +0000 Subject: 1250 simultaneous sessions? (Re: Internet Server?) Reply-to: ian@gamespot.com Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.23) Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > From: James Raynard > 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