Purchasing a Sun 3/280 for a timesharing system.

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1 total messages Started by miner Tue, 27 Jan 1987 14:50

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Author: miner
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1987 14:50

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We are about to get a SunServer 3/280 workstaion to serve as the
central unix machine for our research lab.  It will have a dozen or
so serial terminals tied into it along with 4-5 IBM-PC and Amiga
Workstations using ethernet and NFS software.  An average number of
users at prime time would be about eight, they would be performing a
mix of tasks ranging from software development to text processing and
news reading.

Has anyone had experience using a SunServer?  Do they perform this
function well?  Can they handle the load?  The system we are looking
at as eight-MEG of memory and a 500 meg drive.  The one other system
wee are looking into is a Celerity 1200.  Please do not both to
suggest other machines, we have looked at many and already have
several Apollos, VAX's and Micro-Vaxs in the lab.

Thanks...
-- 
Rich Miner   ...!wanginst!ulowell!miner
Ulowell, Center for Productivity Enhancement        (617) 452-5000 x2693
HAL hears the Amiga9000 series is not selling. "Please explain Dave. Why 
aren't Amiga9000's selling?" Bowman hesitates, "You aren't IBM compatible."

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