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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!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.interlog.com!news.dra.com!news.mid.net!westie!alan From: alan@mid.net (Alan Hannan) Newsgroups: alt.unix.wizards,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: HELP: Advice needed for sizing campus E-mail system Followup-To: alt.unix.wizards,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.ultrix Date: 19 Dec 1995 04:12:11 GMT Organization: Global Internet, Peace of Mind is finally Online! Lines: 24 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4b5e2r$nma@shocker.mid.net> References: <4b4q0l$pc3@news.inc.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: westie.gi.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.unix.wizards:2450 comp.unix.admin:36181 comp.unix.advocacy:12350 comp.unix.aix:66828 comp.unix.bsd.misc:385 comp.unix.solaris:54866 comp.unix.ultrix:26542 Sparc 20/514 w/ 256M ram + 1 gig for OS, N Gigs for the email. Should be well under 40k and provide a scalable path for future needs. Jeff Shaub (shaub@cs.uwp.edu) wrote: : We have a DEC 5000 workstation with 128mb RAM and Ultrix 4.2 as our : current E-Mail server. With 50 shell users running PINE or TIN, this : box comes to it's knees. We are looking to upgrade. : Our ideal system will be able to support 150 concurrent shell sessions : (from TELNET) running PINE, TIN and SLIRP over ethernet. : We would like to hear your opinions on what UNIX workstation would meet : this requirement. We have $40k to spend. : Thanks in advance. : =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= : Jeff Shaub - University of Wisconsin-Parkside : shaub@cs.uwp.edu - Computing Support Center : (414)595-2005 - Kenosha, WI 53141