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In article <349@sdcc19.ucsd.EDU> zz1he@sdcc19.ucsd.EDU (Heather Ebey) writes:
>Does anyone know for sure if increasing RAM on a 1MB Plus running
>Apple's AppleShare File Server and Printer Server software will
>increase performance?  Each server services six workstations and 
>and ImageWriter II.  All software is on the server and is shared
>and accessed simultaneously from six Mac Pluses.
>

I once ran AppleShare and upgraded from a Plus on a HD to an SE with 2.5Mb.
The only increase in performance that I noted was a smaller frequency of
hang-ups and system crashes.  What I tied most of the trouble to was the
inability of the hard drive to handle multiple write commands being issued
from multiple nodes.  Aside from that ...

>We are thinking of increasing the RAM to 2.5 Megs.
>
>Does anyone else have a simular lab setup and have experience in
>performance issues?  
>
>Is there any software that can be run from a client that will
>evaluate performance?

You might want to try InterPoll from Apple or even better, TrafficWatch
from Farallon.  It does traffic evaluations and includes an Excel macro
that will take the data and put it into Excel and graph it out for you
(way cool!)

>I will greatly appreciate any input you can give me on this.
>
>
>=== hebey@ucsd.edu (also UUCP, BITNET)    Voice: (619) 534-2448
>Heather Ebey, Microlabs Support
>UC San Diego, Instructional Computing Center
>AP&M 1250, C-010, La Jolla, CA. 92093

Hope that helps!!

Sam


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