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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:35302 comp.sys.intel:32871 comp.unix.bsd:16339 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8252 comp.unix.sys5.r4:9400 comp.unix.misc:16325 comp.os.linux.development:23938 comp.os.linux.misc:36324 comp.os.386bsd.development:3286 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5583 comp.os.misc:3879 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!bubba.ucc.okstate.edu!news.ksu.ksu.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.mindlink.net!news.bc.net!unixg.ubc.ca!helix.net!not-for-mail From: dlinford@trance.helix.net (D. Linford) Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.misc Subject: Re: flat rates for Internet/phone (Re: X on dial-in) Date: 7 Mar 1995 17:49:34 -0800 Organization: Erisian Development Group Lines: 29 Message-ID: <3jj2fe$mlc@trance.helix.net> References: <D3s19v.4M7@pe1chl.ampr.org> <3jaca9$pj@zeus.achilles.net> <3jfqpv$nhd@earth.laitram.com> <3jg3g0$n0p@park.uvsc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.244.2.2 In article <3jg3g0$n0p@park.uvsc.edu>, Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu> wrote: >marksu@laitram.com (Mark Sutton) wrote: >] I would not expect my car to last very long if I ran the engine at redline >] continuously. > >There is a big difference between "red line" and rated capacity. > >Especially for non-mechanical systems... why do people try to >pretend that the telephone is a mechanical appliance? > >] Although, a typical 486 or Pentium computer running *IX might >] have hundreds of user accounts, I would not expect it to perform >] acceptably with 500 users logged in simultaneously, all running >] CPU intensive apps. > >Freefall.cdrom.com is a P90 that functions acceptably under a 500 >user continuous load. Are you saying with 500 folks ftp'ing (assuming it is what you are talking about), that the link to the machine still has capacity. Ie: the link to the net is not limiting the load. (even a saturated DS3 is only about 4.5Mbyt/s either way...). d -- ---- D.Linford ----- Van.BC ---- If you meet the buddha on usenet, ---- dlinford@helix.net -------- ...killfile him.