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Title: Maximum Users ??
Post by: kmccarn on July 15, 2005, 01:41:12 PM

I am about to set up a SME to handle around 4000 users.

Has anyone else run one with this load - if so - any advice ??

 :-o

Title: Number of Users
Post by: ltc6netspec on July 15, 2005, 03:55:41 PM

for 6.01-1 is 2000 users for email

Title: Re: Maximum Users ??
Post by: cc_skavenger on July 15, 2005, 06:03:19 PM

Quote from: "kmccarn"

I am about to set up a SME to handle around 4000 users.

I would not have this box be a mail server and the internet gateway.  By 4000 users, do you mean e-mail or internet surfing.  What are the specs of the machine?
Sorry for the questions, really curious about the setup.

Title: Maximum Users ??
Post by: kmccarn on July 16, 2005, 04:15:30 AM

Well - the proposal is just for email - I'll probably use a different sme as an av/as filter in front of it.

So this will be for about 3500 students and 100 teachers.

I'm going to try with a 3.6 Ghz Dell server with 300g SCSI drive and at least 1 gig of memory.

 :-D

Title: Maximum Users ??
Post by: pfloor on July 16, 2005, 07:48:05 AM

There have been some threads and a bug report about having more that 2000 users.  You might want to check into it a bit further before you tackle your project.

Check this thread:
http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=18225.0

And this bug report:
http://no.longer.valid/mantis/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=0000133

Good Luck

Title: Maximum Users ??
Post by: thedude on July 16, 2005, 09:23:57 AM

From the looks of the other threads, you could just split the work between 2 servers, maybe 3.

I just got a shiver when thinking about thousands of students armed with windows computers. The Horror

Title: Maximum Users ??
Post by: kmccarn on July 16, 2005, 01:50:51 PM

Thanks to all who replied !!

I will split it into at least 2 servers - maybe 5 as they have 5 campuses (this was my original thought - but they are wanting cheap)

Thanks again - I'll post if and when I get the job.

 :-D

Title: Maximum Users ??
Post by: Brenno on July 26, 2005, 03:48:45 PM

Yes - this IS slightly off topic, but similar...  What is the maximum practical number of virtual domains one could host with SME 6.0 or greater?  Hardware is no problem - quad PIII 500, etc, etc - but what about SME handling many, many virtual domains?