Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1995 08:26:44 -0600 (CST) From: Guy Helmer <ghelmer@alpha.dsu.edu> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> Cc: Mark Hittinger <bugs@ns1.win.net>, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Mail... Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.950329082329.21890D-100000@alpha.dsu.edu> In-Reply-To: <199503290304.TAA00991@gndrsh.aac.dev.com>
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On Tue, 28 Mar 1995, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > >>> Did your comment mean to imply that an Intel based FreeBSD > > >>> providing what people would generally think of as acceptable response can > > >>> support 500 mail accounts? > > I know of a local pubnix machine that is supportint approx 1200 accounts > running FreeBSD 1.1.5, it has 32 dial up lines, and full internet > connectivity. The work load is a lot more than just mail reading. > [...] > > If you assume only 1% of the folks attempt to get access there mail > at once this is 250 interactive users, your going to need a lot of > machine to handle that, but FreeBSD could handle it. (Last time > I checked wcarchive.cdrom.com was supporting 400 ftp connections). Pardon my ignorance, but doesn't FreeBSD have a limit of 256 psuedo-ttys? (Then again, this might have changed in 2.x.) That could be hard limit on interactive sessions... > [...] > > Regards, > > > > > > Mark Hittinger > > bugs@win.net > -- > Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com > Accurate Automation Company Custom computers for FreeBSD Guy Helmer, Dakota State University Computing Services - ghelmer@alpha.dsu.edu
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