From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] [reminder] pointer to Plan 9 FAQ
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From: Richard <greon@best.com>
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Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 14:28:03 -0700
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  Subject: What resources does it need?

          As might be expected, the answer depends on what you want to
          do. The kernel, the window system, and the basic applications
          will run comfortably on a PC with 8MB of memory.

          On the other hand, the system can grow. The installation at
          Bell Laboratories includes multiprocessor SGI Challenge and
          Pentium machines as CPU servers, and a 350GB Sony WORM disk
          jukebox for the file server.

Is it still true that if you cannot afford to lose your data, you want to
store it on the real fileserver rather than on kfs?

If so, then home users who cannot afford to lose their data will need at
least 2 PCs to run Plan 9, and that fact should be noted in the faq.