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From: cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: 386/486, well configured: HOW MANY USERS?
Message-ID: <1990Feb20.165531.9024@virtech.uucp>
Date: 20 Feb 90 16:55:31 GMT
References: <1990Feb15.070638.1086@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us> <1990Feb17.202330.12579@virtech.uucp> <22276@abcom.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill)
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In article <22276@abcom.ATT.COM> brr@abcom.ATT.COM (Rao) writes:
>		was planning to let 20 user accvounts access
>		it, with say 10+ simultaneous accounts simultaneously
>		working on it. Maybe 3 compiling C programs, 5 editing "vi",
>		1 X window user, and 4 reading mail, etc.
>
>		About a dozen users at a time (peak).
>
>		The question again, 
>		Can a 386/33 with 300+Mb  SCSI HD, and 16M + RAM
>		hanbdle all that?

Yes, Without any problems. (Be sure to include an intelligent serial i/o card).

You might notice it if all three people started the compiles at the same, but
that would only be momentary.





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