>>>> Mail is a lot of writing to disk,
May I should just switch to SCSI drives.
Andrew P. Kaplan, CNE, MCSE+Internet, MCT, CCNA, CCDA
CyberShore, Inc. -- Premium Internet Services -- http://www.cshore.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Len Conrad
> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 9:03 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] How many users on a server
>
>
>
> >I have a NT 4.0 dual pentium 133 with 128 megs of RAM running Imail 6.x.
> >supporting 2000 medium use users. I have 2000 medium use users on a
> >different mail system. This will be converted to Imail.
> >
> >My question is can I add the 2000 new users to existing box or
> should I get
> >a second box. I expect both groups to double to 4000 within one year.
>
> What does the Task Manager show as system load on that box?
>
> I bet you could bet 10,000 users on there with no pb.
>
> Mail is a lot of writing to disk, since the RFC's say each msg must be
> written to disk before the mail server (receiver) tells the SMTP client
> (sender) that mail is received. Do you get the impression that your disk
> activity light is on continuously ?
>
> Len
>
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