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Date:      Wed, 4 Jun 1997 08:17:58 -0400 (EDT)
From:      jamie@dilbert.iagnet.net (Jamie Rishaw)
To:        nabil@atlas.mip.ki.se (Nabil Zary)
Cc:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD: 5000 Telnet users/ Best choice
Message-ID:  <199706041217.IAA14511@dilbert.iagnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.970604132903.27041A-100000@atlas.mip.ki.se> from Nabil Zary at "Jun 4, 97 01:33:45 pm"

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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
> 
> 
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