From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kris Van Hees To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Message-ID: <20030724162552.L14803@alchar.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Subject: [9fans] Scalability Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 16:25:52 -0400 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 02e97830-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Has anyone done any work on researching the scalability of Plan9? What I am trying to look into right now is to get a handle on how well the distinct services scale (since the entire distributed architecture scales well by its very design). E.g. if you set up a fileserver, either the older style, or using fossil+venti, how many users/storage can you realistically support before possibly needing an additional fileserver to offset the load. From Sean Quinlan's Venti paper, the Bell Labs has been supporting 50-100 active accounts at roughly any given time. Is there any data or theory on how things would be affected if e.g. you'd want to support 1000 or even 10000 users on a Plan9 infrastructure? Kris -- Never underestimate a Mage with: - the Intelligence to cast Magic Missile, - the Constitution to survive the first hit, and - the Dexterity to run fast enough to avoid being hit a second time.