Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ispi!jbayer
From: jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Modem Capacity of 386's?
Summary: lite load, many users
Keywords: xenix, 386, maximum ports
Message-ID: <348@ispi.UUCP>
Date: 12 Dec 88 15:36:29 GMT
References: <7891@well.UUCP>
Distribution: na
Organization: Intelligent Software Products, Inc.
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In article <7891@well.UUCP>, dave@well.UUCP (Dave Hughes) writes:
> 
>  I am looking for some good guesses. If you were to pluck out of
> the air the number of 1200 baud modem-connected users a 16mhz
> 386 running Sco Xenix 386 with 28mls disk drives and intelligent
> com boards (I am using Computone presently) would support
> satisfactorily, what would you say? 16,24,32? 
>  Users only readng/writing to disk running either e-mail, foxbase
> like data base programs, conferencing software. No development
> work or compiling.

You have described a very lightly-loaded environment.  It should support at
least 24-32 users, and probably more.  Make sure that you have enough memory
to support them.  Figure about 512k for a foxbase session, less for mail  and
conferencing.


Jonathan Bayer
Intelligent Software Products, Inc.