How can I determine the maximum simultaneous FTP connections a system
will allow on a SunOS cncplog01 5.9 Generic_117171-02 sun4u sparc
SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R?

In article <65745d.0411091057.54951db9@posting.google.com>,
 mitchell.miller@bankofamerica.com (Mitch) wrote:

> How can I determine the maximum simultaneous FTP connections a system
> will allow on a SunOS cncplog01 5.9 Generic_117171-02 sun4u sparc
> SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R?

Theoretically, there's no limit.  Practically, I suppose you want to 
find out how many sustained transfers it can handle before performance 
degrades to some arbitrary point or the disks fill up.  That depends on 
what else is running on the system and how many Warez kiddies you want 
to allow to use your system.

Sun's in.ftpd doesn't do dynamic allocation of connections or any 
restriction on the number of users logged in, but other ftpd's do.  Try 
one of the 3rd-party ftpd's:

http://www.ncftpd.com/
http://www.proftpd.org/
http://www.pureftpd.org/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/vsftpd/?topic_id=89
http://www.wuftpd.org/

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"Michael Vilain <vilain@spamcop.net>" wrote:
>  mitchell.miller@bankofamerica.com (Mitch) wrote:
> 
> 
>>How can I determine the maximum simultaneous FTP connections a system
>>will allow on a SunOS cncplog01 5.9 Generic_117171-02 sun4u sparc
>>SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R?
> 
> 
> Theoretically, there's no limit.

If you want to set a limit, check "man ftpaccess"
and /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess