Charles,

     We have a handful of machines which run session loads that high and
     more.  There are a number which run connections over a thousand via
     sockets.  As you would expect, the ability to do this depends on what
     those 800 users want to do.  An application can support that and more
     if it does not demand a large quanity of resources (CPU, disc, or
     memory); one that does could bury the largest system with just a
     couple users. Also, if you have a multi-processor system, it will help
     greatly if the application is not single threaded and can take
     advantage of the extra chips.

     Regards,
     Carl Sitherwood
     HP, Atlanta


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Subject: 800 Users on a HP3000
Author:  Non-HP-CPACPACPA ([log in to unmask]) at HP-USA,mimegw1
Date:    4/20/98 10:46 PM


I have been asked by the client I am working on, what happens when 800 users
are signed on to a HP3000 computer.  Since I don't know any HP3000 sights that
have that many users signed on concurantly, I thought I would put a post on
the 3000 list to find ought if there were any sights that were of that size.

If you have 800 or more users signed onto one or more HP3000's concurrently
please let me know.

Charles Anton
The Support Group, Inc.