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From: davidtay@interport.net (David Tay)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: RAM requirements for FTP server
Date: 19 Nov 1995 11:25:25 -0500
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J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote:
: This ain't overkill, this is Jordan's experience figure for that
: machine.  Supporting more users is rather simple: put in more RAM.

128mb divided by 325 user is like 393k per person. I checked the 
processes and it looks like you're right: each FTP session was using 
around 350k.

Thanks.

David Tay