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From: brinkema@fjc.GOV (John R. Brinkema)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: What is a Novell User?
Summary: What is a standard novell user?
Keywords: Standard User, Novell
Message-ID: <409@fjcp60.GOV>
Date: 12 May 91 03:04:21 GMT
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Organization: Federal Judicial Center, Washington, D.C.
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In various advertising for Novell Products, claims are made that the
the Novell server can support (say) '128' or '256' users*.  What are these users
supposed to be doing ... or are they just connected.  We have seen situtions
that a server had difficulty supporting 3 or 4 users ... but those users
are (for all practical purposes) doing massive file transfers to/from
386s. I recognize that such a user is clearly unfair as a standard; but a
user that is merely 'on the network' doing nothing is also unfair.

Technically: what is workload definition for a standard Novell user? tnx.  jb.

* I am assuming that If one were to get a Novell server licensed for 128
users, then *some* platform can deliver the required power.