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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!news.dacom.co.kr!bofh.dot!usenet.seri.re.kr!bofh.dot!news.cais.net!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!News.LiveNet.Net!Clifford.LiveNet.Net!jsloan From: Jim Sloan <jsloan@LiveNet.Net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD suitable as Fileserver OS? Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 22:56:30 -0400 Organization: LiveNet, Inc. Lines: 36 Message-ID: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.960614225531.2783B-100000@Clifford.LiveNet.Net> References: <31C1E470.7BBF@blackwhite.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: clifford.livenet.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <31C1E470.7BBF@blackwhite.com> On Fri, 14 Jun 1996, Alexander Kotopoulis wrote: > Date: Fri, 14 JUN 1996 15:15:12 -0700 > From: Alexander Kotopoulis <alex@blackwhite.com> > Newgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc > Subject: FreeBSD suitable as Fileserver OS? > > Hi, > > I'm considering right now to use FreeBSD for a Fileserver for a network > of about 15 workstations with different UNIXes such as Solaris, HP-UX, > IRIX. The server would have about 15GB disk space and would consist of a > powerful Pentium with fast SCSI and Ethernet hardware. > Can FreeBSD handle such a task? Is the NFS server implementation > reliable and fast enough to drive such a network without failures? How > does FreeBSD perform in comparison to other BSD's, Linux, UNIXware or > Solaris x86? > Thank you for any hint, > > alex :-) > > For an example of how powerful FreeBSD is, check out ftp.freebsd.org. 1250 simultaneous users (last time I checked anyway) and still screaming. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim Sloan jsloan@livenet.net Vice President/Engineer LiveNet, Inc. 413 Davis St. Suite 106 Full Service Internet Provider Virginia Beach VA 23462 Dialup and dedicated connections Ph: 804-499-9328x103 Virtual Web, Email, and FTP hosting http://www.livenet.net info@livenet.net webmaster@livenet.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------