RE: flexfax: Volume questions

[David Birnbaum <davidb@chelsea.net>]

On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, Ken Robinson wrote:

> We have a setup using a U.S. Robotics Modem Chasis with a little over 50
> modems for faxing connected to multiple RS6000s running AIX.  Our main
> problems have been with the modem firmware, and not the Hylafax
> software.  However, we do have a major concern with Hylafax and the Y2K
> bug, but, we should be running numerous tests in the near future of our
> own, as on the corporate level, we need documentation that it is Y2K
> compliant.
> 
> Also, FYI, we send out, on peak days, approximately 7-8k pages in faxes.

Thanks for the info.  Did you tune your modem configs to speed up
initialization?

David.

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> 		-----Original Message-----
> 		From:	David Birnbaum [mailto:davidb@chelsea.net]
> 
> 		We're getting ready to deploy a rather large fax
> application...I was
> 		wondering, does anyone have any practical experience
> with the Hylafax
> 		software and how much it can handle?  We're looking at a
> four-CPU SPARC
> 		machine running Solaris, with potentially 96 modems
> attached to it, and
> 		potentially several of these machines.  We're looking to
> use Hylafax,
> 		since it gives us the source to put in our own hooks and
> enhancements, but
> 		I haven't heard of anyone using it with more than 8
> modems attached to it.
> 
> 		Any comments before we get started?  As a side effect of
> doing this with
> 		Hylafax, we'll probably have some nifty features of our
> own to release
> 		back into the Hylafax community, but it it would be nice
> to hear of others
> 		treading some of this ground in the past.
> 
> 		Thanks,
> 
> 		David Birnbaum
>