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> > CPU challenged ? How many concurrent users can a Intel
> > processor with any OS (Linux, Windows, BeOS) running
> > at 266Mhz cope with ?
>
> My wife is a PC, Peachtree - MAS90, consultant.  From the
> stories she tells me a 400mhz NT server croaks with >4 users.
>
> I have a client using a model 200, yes, that's right, a CISC
> model 200, (what's that? a 66mhz CPU?) with 12 users
> receiving sub second response time against 30gb of 3rd
> normal form data.  All day long, every day, for six years.

That's exactly the point I was making - thanks for a concrete example !

--phil


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