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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: RAM requirements for FTP server
Date: 18 Nov 1995 13:17:56 +0100
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David Tay <davidtay@interport.net> wrote:
>Is 64 mb enough for an FTP server with a maximum load of 150 users? Is 
>that too much? How do you gauge how much ram each FTP user requires? 
>
>I know that cdrom.com has a peak of 325 users on a 128mb machine. Is this 
>overkill?

This ain't overkill, this is Jordan's experience figure for that
machine.  Supporting more users is rather simple: put in more RAM.
Unfortunately, the manufacturers of PC hardware don't seem to be very
eager in producing a mainboard that could fit much more RAM.

If your ftp site does not allow on-the-fly tar'ing and gzip'ing, you
might slightly increase the number of users per megabyte RAM.
-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
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