From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Jun 4 05:18:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA24703 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 4 Jun 1997 05:18:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dilbert.iagnet.net (root@dilbert.iagnet.net [207.206.8.155]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id FAA24694 for ; Wed, 4 Jun 1997 05:18:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jamie@localhost) by dilbert.iagnet.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA14511; Wed, 4 Jun 1997 08:17:58 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199706041217.IAA14511@dilbert.iagnet.net> Subject: Re: FreeBSD: 5000 Telnet users/ Best choice To: nabil@atlas.mip.ki.se (Nabil Zary) Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 08:17:58 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from Nabil Zary at "Jun 4, 97 01:33:45 pm" RFC_Violation: You saw it here first! From: jamie@dilbert.iagnet.net (Jamie Rishaw) X-PGP-Fingerprint: <921C135D> C4 48 1B 26 18 7B 1F D9 BA C4 9C 7A B1 07 07 E8 Reply-To: jamie@dilbert.iagnet.net Organization: Internet Access Group, Inc. X-No-Archive: yes X-Face: >:-p X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk My rule has always been 2 megs per user.. more if they'll all be running pine (god what a memory hog). 100 users = 200 Mb RAM. I'd go PPro 200, 256Mb RAM. > Hi, > > 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 > Best regards, > > Nabil Zary > Stockholm > > > ________________________________________________ > __| Nabil Zary |__ > (___O) M I P (O___) > (_____O) Karolinska Institutet (O_____) > (_____O) Nabil.Zary@mip.ki.se (O_____) > (__O) Tel. 08-728 7129 (O__) > __| www.mip.ki.se |__ > |________________________________________________| > > -- jamie g.k. rishaw dal/efnet:gavroche Internet Access Group 'whois JGR2' for PGP keyID/Fingerprint __ Network Operations/TSD DID:216.902.5455 FAX:216.623.3566 \/ 800.637.4IAGx5455 DES: Help Crack the code! http://www.frii.com/~rcv/deschall.htm