Re: [cobalt-users] qube3

[Colin Smith <colin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Sean P. McGrane wrote:

> I am looking at the qube 3 for use primarily as an email server.  I've been
> pointed to the raq machines by a very unpleasant sales rep for cobalt, but
> the raq machines don't offer the html/web based email option.  the
> literature for the qube3 mentions 150 users.  is this a hard limit, like,
> you hit 150 and can't add anymore, or is performance seriously affected?  i
> probably have about 120 users now, but they don't come closer to passing the
> amount of emails (400000? a day?) that the qube3 is supposed to handle, and
> many of them do not user their email.  if the qube 3 isn't used as a web
> server, ftp server, etc... just mainly as an email server, and users aren't
> storing their email on the qube3, is there a gray area over 150 users that i
> can use?
> thanks

It's a performance thing. 150 is probably about right though it depends on
the usage patterns of your users. 120Mb PowerPoint files and you'll be
limited to about 2 users. I've had 400 users on a similarly configured
Linux box - 256Mb of RAM, 150MHz Pentium, 5400rpm disk. Your network 
will be a problem 1st unless you're on 100baseT.

regards,
Colin Smith.