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
local time. It appears that the large number of remotes is
essentially creating a "denial of service" attack because the NCR Unix
system gets stupid (usually during the first heavy burst of TCP/IP
session connection attempts) and it has to be rebooted.
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)?
Thanks.
Dan
