On Tuesday 30 September 2003 07:19, Leon Brooks wrote: > I can't find a reference for the last line, but I did stumble across an > interesting editorial... > > We get most of our server consolidation with Exchange 2000," > Devenuti says. But he expects to be able to push the number > of users per server from about 3,000 on Exchange 2000 to > 5,000 on Titanium. [/ME notes that Linux can handle at least > 2,000,000 per box using dear old klunky SendMail as per > http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/sendmail828.cfm and that tests > http://www-dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de/~ma/postfix/bench2.html > show PostFix delivering typically twice as much as SendMail] >
Yes but Exchange is not just an MTA, it is also the server for your Outlook, does IMAP, POP, and calendering stuff as well. I doubt the typical Linux PC server would handles 4million plus concurrent users, when running Postfix, Cyrus, and a calendering app also. > ...with this breathtakingly bold reader comment while I was looking: > > Microsoft has done a great job of putting powerful tools in > the hands of clueless morons. [...] Keep in mind people, > Windows is the "Etch-A-Sketch" of the computer world. > > Cheers; Leon -- John Allen, Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] MandrakeClub Silver Member.
