NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/unix/sysv386/17628

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From: [e-mail] (Mike Heins)
Subject: Re: 96 port BBS on a 486-50?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Organization: Central Data Corp., Champaign, IL
References: <[e-mail]>
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 21:46:29 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>We are planning to start a free public-access system in the Portland area
>offering both BBS-style access to Usenet newsgroups as well as shell
>
>    [STUFF DELETED]
>
>The other alternative is to use Suns.  But I have no idea how many BBS
>users a Sparc 2 or Sparc 10 could handle either.  And I don't know of
>any multi-port solutions that could support the numbers we're talking.
>So we would probably have to go with an EThernet terminal server, thus
>adding even more expense and system load.
>

Whether a SPARC 2 or SPARC 10 can handle that load, I can't say.  My
experience is that it will handle about 25-30 users doing heavy I/O
traffic, and probably 75 or more if throughput is light (avg 1000 cps
per user).

But the multiport solution does not have to be Ethernet.  Our
scsiTerminal Server can put up to 448 ports on a SPARC system while
consuming only 1 slot.  The price is competitive with multiport
boards, as little as $93 per port (list price).

If you or anyone wants any info (electronic or otherwise), send e-mail
to [e-mail] or [e-mail].

Regards,
Mike Heins
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Central Data Corporation    "Makers of the scsiTerminal Server"
1602 Newton Drive        [phone] or 217/359-8010
Champaign, IL 61821        [e-mail]   or  ..!uunet!cendata!mike