Re: horsepower vs # of RAS ports

Troy T. Hall ( (no email) )
Tue, 24 Jun 1997 19:53:37 -0700

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> From: Adam Reiser <areiser@boca.net>
> To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com
> Subject: Re: horsepower vs # of RAS ports
> Date: Tuesday, June 24, 1997 12:27 PM
>
> Rick Kunze wrote:
> >
> > Hi ppl,
> >
> > Does anyone know what kind of horsepower (CPU/RAM) is
required/recommended
> > for a given number of RAS ports?
> >
> > The reason I'm asking is because I get multiple successive logon
attempts
> > (indicating that the modem is simply dropping the connection right
after
> > authentication) during my peak periods. I'm wondering if I simply
don't
> > have enough horsepower. I've ruled out the possibility of a bad modem
or
> > port.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Rk
> >
>
> We have 800 NT RAS ports for almost a year each machine has a dual PP
> 200 256 Meg ram fast/wide 2gig HD each machine has a 128 port equinox
> SST card
did I miss something here? 128 ports/machine does'nt equal 800?
7 machines? have many t1's-ds3's?

>
> at most we have seen a 25% util on the performance monitor
>
> steel head is now running on all machines and is working great the only
> problem that we are having is wires wires wires all over the place
>
> PRI seems the way to go one wire for 23 modems
>
> adam
>
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