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From: twolf@homxb.ATT.COM (T.WOLF)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: X Performance Question
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Date: 28 Feb 89 22:49:49 GMT
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A lot of questions have been posted regarding X performance over low-speed
dial-up lines.  I have a more 'mundane' question :-)
	Has anyone collected any data on the number of X-Servers
	which can be supported (reasonably) on a LAN running at
	1, 5, 10, or 100Mbps?  More specifically, if the LAN
	consists of a single "client-server" host and multiple
	X-servers, how many concurrent X-clients does it take to
	slow down I/O response time beyond tolerable limits?  Also,
	at what speeds does the single host have to operate in
	order for the network to remain the bottleneck?
I know that words such as "reasonable" and "tolerable" don't have a whole
lot of meaning -- I leave it up to whoever has answers to decide that :-)
I guess what I'm really asking is whether anyone has performed any
performance analyses in these areas.

If you can point me towards papers, theses, articles that have been
published on the subject, I'd appreciate it.

-- 
Tom Wolf
Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ			E-mail:  twolf@homxb.att.com

(My employer doesn't know about these and other incriminating remarks)