[comp.unix.aix] RS/6000 530 multi-user performance

gjocc@csv.viccol.edu.au (Greg O'Sullivan) (02/20/91)

 We are considering getting a RS/6000 530 as a general purpose multi-user
 system.

 Has any one had any experience with this type of application?
 (The load will be academic staff and undergraduate students.)

  1. How well does it perform when used as a multi user system?
     (Instead of a number cruncher :-) )

  2. AIX has no disk quotas, are there any work arounds to implement
     this. (Or how do you cope with students and no disk quotas?)

Greg O'Sullivan
gjocc@viccol.edu.au

gjocc@csv.viccol.edu.au (02/26/91)

  Thanks to all the people that responded to my initial posting.
  I am going to summarize, but before I post I would like some
  more information from the people that replied.

  What is the size of you user base and how many simultaneous users
  do you intend to support?

  Our user base is 3000 user names (about 2000 actually active).
  (this has a major bearing on how appropriate disk quota solutions
   are for us)
  We intend to support 60 interactive users on ASCII terminals,
  with VERY good response time.
  We will also have 5 X terminals/work stations.
  Our load will be student and academic staff use of:
    Oracle or Ingress - up to 20 users at a time
    compilers COBOL, Pascal, FORTRAN
    SPSSX
    text editors
    mail
    LaTeX
    
  There will be some file serving (NFS) of staff PCs and Macs which can be
  expected to grow.

Greg O'Sullivan
(gjocc@csv.viccol.edu.au)