Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 21:02:40 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Charles Mott <cmott@srv.net> Cc: Steve Price <sprice@HiWAAY.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftp server on ftp.cdrom.com Message-ID: <199712010502.VAA01029@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 30 Nov 1997 20:10:23 MST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.971130200450.7795A-100000@darkstar.home>
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>On Sun, 30 Nov 1997, Steve Price wrote: >> steve[~]$ ftp ftp.cdrom.com >> Connected to wcarchive.cdrom.com. >> 220 wcarchive.cdrom.com FTP server (Version DG-2.0.7 Wed Oct 22 02:30:03 >> PDT 1997) ready. >> Name (ftp.cdrom.com:steve): anonymous >> 530-Sorry, the current limit of 2750 users has been reached. >> 530-Please try again in a few minutes. >> ... > >When you think about it, 2750 users, each with a distinct forked process >(I assume), that is really stunning. I've known about the wcarchive >machine for a while, but somehow I never really dwelled on the magnitude >of the task. Yes, "ps" on wcarchive is highly discouraged. :-) -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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