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(Randy Kaelber) writes:
> aaron t porter ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>
>>      Assume a 5mb disk quota.
>>      Every 100 users will take 200mb.
>>      Allow for 16000 users.
>
>>      You would need 160 200mb disks, or a 3.2gb disk.
>
>> my .02 -- flames welcome.
>
> No flames, but a correction in math:
>
> (200 Mbytes)
> ------------ * 16000 = 32000 Mbytes, which is ~32 Gigs.
>  100 users
 
Isn't it worse than this?
 
5MB * 16000 = 80 GB
 
Also, there are about 25000 users (if you include faculty, staff, graduate
students, branch campus students, emeriti, etc.), so the numbers would really be
:
 
5MB * 25000 = 125 GB
 
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                                     Kent Covert, Software Coordinator
                                     Miami Computing and Information Services
                                     Miami University, Oxford, OH
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