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- From: will@ogre.cica.indiana.edu (William Sadler)
- Subject: Re: Can Novell support 75+ workstations?
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 15:13:20 GMT
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- In <9301212346.AA06174@public.btr.com.BTR.COM> a9@public.btr.com (Ashar Nisar) writes:
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- >Question: What is the MAXIMUM number of workstations that a 486 MSDOS server
- >can handle and still give reasonable performance with Novell network?
-
- I do not know a maximum, but I imagine that if you have to 100 user
- version fo netware that you can purchase hardware that will
- allow 100 simultaneous users. Lots of Ram and fast disk access
- are probably key.
-
- An EISA bus helps the server speed a bunch.
-
- >I contaced a local Novell dealer and he told me that they only sell
- >network hardware for upto 20 users. According to him a 50 user system
- >is also out there but is not common (so he does not carry it).
-
- Gee, this must be one of those "value-added" places. Novell does
- sell a 100 user license for 3.11
-
- My advice is to find a different Novell dealer.
-
- >Is it possible (at all) to have a 75+ workstations system?
-
- I have a 386/33 with 16 MB of RAM. We have had up to 75 users
- on the sytem on several occassions with no problem.
-
- Will
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