mcw@pine.circa.ufl.edu (WRIGHT) (04/12/91)
We are considering purchasing a DECsystem 5000/200 to use as a general purpose timesharing computer. I'd like to get some idea about how many users it can support. If you're using one of these computers as a timesharing computer, please tell me your configuration and the average/maximum number of concurrent users you have. (Output from ps or w would be useful.) Thanks Mike Wright Center for Instructional and Research Computing Activities (CIRCA) University of Florida Gainesville, FL Internet: mcw@pine.circa.ufl.edu BITNET: MCW@UFPINE
terry@unx2.ucc.okstate.edu (Terry J. Klarich) (04/19/91)
We had a dec 5000 for trial for about a month and a half. It had 64 mb of ran and 2 gb of disk space. The average number of users was about 35. The load was spread out amoung compiles, mail, news and vi. Also, there were a few research type number crunching processes which were always running in the background. I was impressed with the overall preformance of the machine. The load average stayed around 1.0 to about 3.0. I am not sure what is considered to be loaded though. If you have any specific questions, I would be glad to relay any experiences or information I can. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Terry Klarich (terry@unx2.ucc.okstate.edu) n5hts