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From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: What type of computer to get? Help.
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 20:21:48 +0000
Organization: Erol's Internet Services
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To: "J. Kenney" <jk002e@uhura.cc.rochester.edu>

J. Kenney wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have any recommendations on what is the best architecture to put
> FreeBSD on?, Pentium Pro 200, Dual Pentium 166?
> 
> This computer would be a server for roughly 800 users, with an average of
> 10-15 logged on at any time, running a variety of programs from mail, and
> IRC, to compiling.  I plan on putting 196Megs of memory + 3.2 GB
> EIDE Drive (+ a SCSI card (any suggestions) for laster upgrading)  But I
> need to know which would serve best the Pentium Pro 200 or a Dual P166.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jeffrey Kenney (jsk@cif.rochester.edu)
> 
> Please cc resplonses to my email address if you can.

(CC sent)

I think you're looking at overkill for your application. The Walnut
Creek cdrom.com site (which is also the home of FreeBSD and runs
FreeBSD) uses a P6-150, and happily handles 1200 simultaneous anonymous
FTP users along with Web service and whatever is going on internally.
When I checked it just now, it told me I was user #817 out of 1200
possible.

Considering this, you can take your pick -- I expect you'll still have a
significant amount of idle CPU time.
-- 

Ken

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