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# number of processors
grep processor /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l
# max page requests
Number of CPU cores / Average time for a page request (in seconds) = Max Page Requests per second
# max users
Max Page Requests per second * 60 * Click frequency of users in seconds = Maximum Number of Simultaneous Users