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Re: Server RAM requirements

See comments below.

On 1/22/01 10:55 AM, "Lori Lineweaver" <email@hidden> wrote:

>> Might check your ram - apple is
>> suggesting 2 MB per simultaneous client plus 10% now.
>
> What is meant by concurrent users or simultaneous clients? When I first
> read this, I thought that meant individuals who were logged in at one time.
> However, now I am wondering if it refers to machines that are turned on at
> one time or who are connecting to the MM welcome screen. We often have 70 -
> 90 users logged in, and 150 or more machines turned on.

-- It means concurrent client systems, not users. You should have 2MB per
computer that is on the network connected to the server, whether it is doing
anything or not. 150 computers begs 300 MB or ram dedicated to the
Appleshare process.

>
> Normally, we turn 3 labs of computers on in the morning, and leave them on
> all day. They are turned on at slightly different times, not all at once.
> Friday, one lab of 25 8.6 imacs was turned off near the end of the day and a
> class came in. When they were all turned on at the same time, about 1/3 of
> them could not find the server. After the first ones had connected and
> students logged in, then the remaining ones could be connected or restarted
> and were able to connect. This is somewhat routine

-- That's network responsiveness mixed with speed of the server.

>
> My question is this: Might this a network/switch/traffic problem, or is
> this a memory problem on our server - do we need more RAM?
> By Steve's formula, we should be fine - G4, OS 9.04, with 512M ram. Our
> networked is more than 50% switched (more switches are being added....) and
> all the imacs that had this problem are switched.

-- The question is: How much ram is set aside for ASIP? And do you have
30-50MB left alone? And is anything else running on the server?

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John DeTroye, Consulting Engineer
Apple Education Technical Operations
11757 W. Ken Caryl Ave.,#F, PMB-501
Littleton, CO 80127
Office/cell: 303-933-1807
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 >Server RAM requirements (From: Lori Lineweaver <email@hidden>)



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