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From: lf@VAX1.CCS.CORNELL.EDU.UUCP
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Subject: Large UAFs
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Date: Thu, 5-Jun-86 00:02:56 EDT
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We will soon be installing VMS 4.4 on a VAX 8500. We will have as many as
20,000 accounts enabled only 7,000 of which will ever be used. I assume there's
a performance consideration involved such that one would want to consider an
alternative to having many unused accounts in the UAF. Since TOPS-20 could only
support 12,000 users we developed a scheme of creating a user from a database
when he first logged in. Is this approach worthwhile in VMS because of our
particular situation? -LF-

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