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On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, Hall, Philip wrote: > > CPU challenged ? How many concurrent users can a Intel processor with any OS > (Linux, Windows, BeOS) running at 266Mhz cope with ? > (I don't know why I'm reading this thread, but as long as I am...) An Intel CPU can handle many simultaneous users. Not under Windows, of course, but under a good multitasking OS (read: FreeBSD) it can handle quite a few. The one example that jumps to mine is Walnut Creek CD-Rom. They were bought out by another company, so I don't know what their CURRENT status is, but a few years ago, they were running 3,600 simultaneous users doing FTP... and their server still ran quite fast -- this was on a Pentium Pro, 200mhz. Very slow by todays standards... You could do many thousands of users on an Intel CPU. You'd need a LOT of RAM, and very good disks... Here's an article about WC's set-up from 2 years ago that you might find interesting: http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9904/08/cdrom.idg/ Here's also info about why Yahoo runs FreeBSD. Although it doesn't mention concurrent users, they are able to serve 4 million page requests per day from each Intel-based PC. You've gotta figure that's a lot of concurrent users :) http://www.viewtouch.com/yahoobsd.html
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