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Conference csc32::consolemanager

Title:POLYCENTER Console Manager
Notice:Kits, Scans, Docs on CSC32:: as PCM$KITS:,PCM$DOCS:, PCM$SCANS:
Moderator:CSC32::BUTTERWORTH
Created:Thu Aug 06 1992
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1541
Total number of notes:6564

711.0. "Sizing for 20 lines" by BAHTAT::HILTON (Beer...now there's a temporary solution) Fri May 05 1995 10:14

    I have a query from an existing VCS customer.
    
    He wants to re-use one of his VAXstations, using PCM, to manage around
    20 lines, vaxes, HSC and HSJ's.
    
    He wants a rough guesstimate as to the size of system he would need to
    do this, in VUPS if possible.
    
    Can anyone help?
    
    Cheers,
    
    Greg
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711.1YOSSAM::PHILIPAnd through the square window...Fri May 05 1995 11:2110
Greg,

  Does your customer want to use the same system he is currently
  running VCS on? If so, then providing it meets the minimum hardware
  requirements specified in the SPD.

  I suggest that you take a look at note 7.1 for some sizing guidelines.

Cheers,
Phil
711.2CPU power in VUPS maybe?BAHTAT::HILTONBeer...now there's a temporary solutionFri May 05 1995 13:5711
    Hi Phil,
    
    He wants to re-use an existing vaxstation, and hence he needs to know
    what kind of CPU requirements would be needed for 20 lines.
    
    I can let him have the memory sizing guidelines in 7.1, but I think
    he's looking for some CPU guides as well.
    
    Cheers,
    
    Greg
711.3CSC32::BUTTERWORTHGun Control is a steady hand.Fri May 05 1995 23:0216
    What kind of vaxstation does he wish to reuse? Does he expect
    *instant* response with iconify/deiconify operations? What other 
    applications does he want to run. In terms of a seat-of-that-pants
    analysis I would find a VS3100 model 76 with 32 megabytes of memory
    adequate for the job if all it's doing is running PCM and he's not
    sending more than 4-6 C3 displays to remote stations. You'll get
    reasonable response unless maybe your trying to keep 20 decterms
    up with active connect sessions to each system. In this case you 
    don't usually run out of CPU, you exhaust the memory resource first
    which then puts an extra load on the cpu to handle the page faulting
    etc. If expandability is an issue then I would use a 4000-60 or
    4000-90. These systems have the horsepower to run PCM and more plus
    memory can be expanded to in excess of 100 Megabytes!
    
    Regs,
      Dan