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Date:      Wed, 4 Jun 1997 11:44:43 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Hector Gonzalez Jaime <cacho@iteso.mx>
To:        Nabil Zary <nabil@atlas.mip.ki.se>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD: 5000 Telnet users/ Best choice
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970604114144.9607C-100000@itesocci.gdl.iteso.mx>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.970604132903.27041A-100000@atlas.mip.ki.se>

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We do fine for 7,000 users with a Pentium 133, 128 mb ram, 4 gig disk, and
512kb cache.

On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Nabil Zary wrote:

> 
>  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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>      (_____O)          Nabil.Zary@mip.ki.se         (O_____)
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> 




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