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From: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Using a Personal Iris (4D/25S) as a timesharing machine
Message-ID: <4029@phri.UUCP>
Date: 4 Oct 89 21:17:06 GMT
Organization: Public Health Research Institute, NYC, NY
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	We're considering getting a 16-Mbyte 4D/25S to use as a general
purpose time sharing box (to replace an old Vax-11/750).  We're looking for
something which can support about 10-15 simultaneous users doing a random
mix of generic non-floating-point stuff (emacs, big bib/tbl/eqn/troff jobs,
etc) mostly coming in via telnet connections.  We also expect to use it as
a server for a variety of network services, such as a domain name server,
yp server, nntp, nfs, mail, and as a line printer spooler.  I suspect I/O
performance will be more of a concern than raw CPU speed.  Has anybody put
a 4D/25S to this type of use?  Are there any hidden problems I should know
about?
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Roy Smith, Public Health Research Institute
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