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Date:      Wed, 29 Jan 1997 00:12:23 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        sharma <sharma@moose.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Users support on pentium 166/200
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970129001103.24983J-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <32EC3FC3.2BBD@moose.co.uk>

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On Sun, 26 Jan 1997, sharma wrote:

> How many user can the pentium 166/200 support with 256MB of memory using
> FreeBSD as internet services providers system?? And is comparable to sun 
> 
> Ultra 146??

Well, ftp.cdrom.com, a P200 with 512MB+ of RAM, can take 1200 simultaneous
ftp users on multiple T3s, and the limiting factor is the outbound pipe,
not the speed of the system.

:)

Your machine should work quite nicely, although I might be ready to throw
in another 256mb if you got busy.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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