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From: maimer@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: memory estimation
Message-ID: <1991Jun12.041241.31387@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Date: 12 Jun 91 04:12:41 CDT
References: <1991Jun2.011808.11956@beach.csulb.edu>
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In article <1991Jun2.011808.11956@beach.csulb.edu>, mosbrook@beach.csulb.edu (Brent Mosbrook) writes:
> 
> After purchasing many $$ worth of books on the subject, I have found that most
> sidestep the issue of necessary ram for a server.  I understand that it is
> dependant upon the type of application, # of workstations, etc., but is there a
> worksheet/form that gives rough estimates?  I remember sheets from Wyse that
> detailed memory planning for xenix/unix which started out with such
> calculations as # of users x .5 mb.  
> BTW: I am using NW 386 v3.11 on a 386sx-20
> 
> 
> thanks in advance for any pointers
> 

Novell has their basic algorithm of
.23 * hard drive size (M)/block size (k)  for drives without name
support and .32 * HD/block with name support.  Round up to MB and you
always have to have at least 4M.

Then you have to start guessing.  The more NLMs that are loaded, the
more memory you'll need.  Netware's system administration manual has a
section on monitoring the health of the server which includes checking
to see that there is some extra memory to work with.  One of the
included NFolio infobases also covers the stuff.


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