On Tue, 1 Nov 2005, Bob Sanders wrote:
> Why not 4P with dual cores? While they work, the need is i/o and memory
> bandwidth.
> 4 sockets does that while 2 sockets and 2 dual-cores cores is only half the
> bandwidth.
Its very expensive, but you can now go up to 16 Opeteron cores in a single
m
>>What would you guys suggest in terms of specs for a server, serving
>>say 50 odd thin clients?
>>
>
> Probably 2P Opteron with 2 GB to 8 GB main memory. Cpus around 2 GHz.
> You'll have to calculate the memory needs of each client plus the server's
> running
> overhead, and get enough memory
On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 05:40:28 +
Ryan Viljoen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What would you guys suggest in terms of specs for a server, serving
> say 50 odd thin clients?
>
>
Probably 2P Opteron with 2 GB to 8 GB main memory. Cpus around 2 GHz.
You'll have to calculate the memory needs of each
What would you guys suggest in terms of specs for a server, serving
say 50 odd thin clients?
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On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 22:55:24 +0200
Uwe Thiem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > One of the big problems with Linux diskless is it really doesn't scale
> > well, it doesn't allow for clients to run multiple versions of the os,
>
> Why would you want to do that?
>
Ah! Not everyone would. But ther
On 30 October 2005 00:58, Ryan Viljoen wrote:
> Thank you both Bob and Uwe that gives me something to think about.
>
> Uve I am from South Africa. Summer is going to be a scortcher I am fearing
> December January.
It's already bloody hot here.
>
> Back on topic, I am helping out my old High Schoo
Thank you both Bob and Uwe that gives me something to think about.
Uve I am from South Africa. Summer is going to be a scortcher I am fearing December January.
Back on topic, I am helping out my old High School and they are wanting
to setup thin clients in all the class rooms for the teachers.
On Saturday 29 October 2005 20:55, Uwe Thiem wrote:
> On 29 October 2005 20:14, Bob Sanders wrote:
> > Since I'm rambling now, guess I should do the rest of the memory
> > download...
>
> Let me join you in rumbling. ;-)
>
Nice post Uwe. You beat me to the response.
Have a good day.
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On 29 October 2005 20:14, Bob Sanders wrote:
> Since I'm rambling now, guess I should do the rest of the memory
> download...
Let me join you in rumbling. ;-)
Before I start just a little background: I do quite some consulting for
SchoolNet Namibia (http://www.schoolnet.na) which has hooked up a
Since I'm rambling now, guess I should do the rest of the memory download...
One of the big problems with Linux diskless is it really doesn't scale well, it
doesn't
allow for clients to run multiple versions of the os, nor for different arch
types to
co-exist off one server of a different arch
On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 09:45:22 +0100
Ryan Viljoen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am wondering what the difference is between using LTSP and Diskless Nodes
> is for creating a thin client network.
>
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ltsp.xml
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/diskless-howto.xml#doc_chap3
>
I am wondering what the difference is between using LTSP and Diskless Nodes is for creating a thin client network.
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ltsp.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/diskless-howto.xml#doc_chap3
What would be the advantage of using LTSP. From what I have read (bearing in min
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