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 > > > ________________________________________________ > __| Nabil Zary |__ > (___O) M I P (O___) > (_____O) Karolinska Institutet (O_____) > (_____O) Nabil.Zary@mip.ki.se (O_____) > (__O) Tel. 08-728 7129 (O__) > __| www.mip.ki.se |__ > |________________________________________________| > > -- jamie g.k. rishaw dal/efnet:gavroche Internet Access Group 'whois JGR2' for PGP keyID/Fingerprint __ Network Operations/TSD DID:216.902.5455 FAX:216.623.3566 \/ 800.637.4IAGx5455 DES: Help Crack the code! http://www.frii.com/~rcv/deschall.htm
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