mml@cbmvax.uucp (Mark Lacey) (03/20/90)
Hi! I just ordered MINIX from P-H and I have a few questions about it. My
main question has to do with having multiple users. How many users could
be supported without a very large drop in performance? I think I mentioned
on here once before that I was thinking about putting up a public access
system using MINIX. Would this be feasable? And if so, are programs like
'mail', 'uucp', 'rn' and such available? I am a Comp. Sci. student and
would have not problem porting it, but it would be nice if someone else has
already done it, just to cut down on the amount of work I will have to do.
Thanks.
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/drd@siia.mv.com (David Dick) (03/23/90)
uunet!mailrus!umich!itivax!m-net!mml@cbmvax.uucp (Mark Lacey) writes: >Hi! I just ordered MINIX from P-H and I have a few questions about it. My >main question has to do with having multiple users. How many users could >be supported without a very large drop in performance? I think the single-threading in the filesystem is the biggest bottleneck for multiple users. David Dick Software Innovations, Inc. [the Software Moving Company (sm)] drd@siia.mv.com -or- uunet!siia!drd