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From: storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc Wandschneider)
Subject: Re: Multiuser performance
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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1993 15:51:17 GMT
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In article <1qa3o5INNpk4@shelley.u.washington.edu> edgar@ms.washington.edu (Edgar Karl Nielsen) writes:
>Hi,
> I'm thinking of getting a unix workstation for a BBS
>and was wondering what the multiuser performance of 386bsd is like.
>The FAQ info doesn't seem to cover this stuff. I'm wondering if it would be
>better to buy a used sun or somesuch. I'm more familiar with Sun and DEC
>stuff!
>
>People would be on via the network(terminal server) as opposed to
>serial ports. News reading would be from another host via NNTP and their
>home directories would be NFS mounted from another host.
>
>So how many users can be on with "reasonable" interactive response time if
>they are just reading news, sending mail, etc. I would put together a system
>with whatever RAM & disks were required to support
>(preferably) 4-10 simultaneous users.
I'm running 386bsd on a 486/DX50 and have had three users on the
system, two logged in via the network (SLIP), and myself on the console
running X with about 4 shell windows. All were compiling, running
Prolog/LISP interpreters, and emacs with no great slowdown.
In all, I found it to be quite enjoyable.
toodlepip!
Marc 'em.
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