Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 21:37:01 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD: 5000 Telnet users/ Best choice Message-ID: <19970604213701.60034@pavilion.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.970604132903.27041A-100000@atlas.mip.ki.se>; from Nabil Zary on Wed, Jun 04, 1997 at 01:33:45PM %2B0000 References: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970604112222.12573G-100000@dylan.visint.co.uk> <Pine.LNX.3.91.970604132903.27041A-100000@atlas.mip.ki.se>
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On Wed, Jun 04, 1997 at 01:33:45PM +0000, 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 It depends upon what they're doing. If they're all pulling 'make world' type operations then you're going to run out of steam pretty quickly. I would expect that the pro200 box should be able to support 100 users doing sensible things fairly easily. You'll probably have to up some kernel constants to make more resources available though. Like; USERS 128 Joe. -- Josef Karthauser Technical Manager Email: joe@pavilion.net Pavilion Internet plc. [Tel: +44 1273 607072 Fax: +44 1273 607073]
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