On Wed, May 19, 1999 at 06:17:41PM -0500, Dan Lasley wrote:
> We have more than 1,100 remote systems sending files via ftp to one
> NCR Unix system. The files arrive typically between 11pm and 4am
With at least some staggering, I hope?
> I am thinking about replacing the NCR Unix system with a Linux system.
> Can anyone tell me whether a Linux 2.2.x kernel running on a fast
> Pentium II with 128MB of memory could handle 200 ftp connection
> attempts per minute without networking problems (or any other
> problems)?
If you have a choice specify a slower CPU and more RAM. The
same cash should buy a K6-2/350 and 384 MB unless ECC RAM is part
of your spec. But even so you should be fairly OK.
I don't have experience with that many FTP connections, but my
experience with 1) less FTP connections on *much* smaller machines
and 2) that many connections in a minute on other protocols leads
me to think that you'd be OK. And if not this is the place to go
for help along with [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If the remotes know how to try again later you could try
running your current FTP server under tcpserver to limit the
number of connections accepted at once. You might not even need
to switch systems. Not that I want to discourage you. :-)
<ftp://koobera.math.uic.edu/www/software/>
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