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From: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: Max # of procceses on RS6000
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Date: 4 Dec 90 13:37:51 GMT
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In article <1990Dec3.162921.27676@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> marcc@yoyodyne.ncsa.uiuc.edu (Marc Cooper) writes:
>Is there a maximum nimber of total processes the 6000 can handle?  If so,
>what is that number?  And what happnes when you try to exceed it?

it is somewheres around 131,072.  i've run about 1,200 or more processes
on one at a time and it works just fine.  a little slow ;-), but still
just fine.
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