Hi, Thanks.
> Start the major applications within a virtual desktop > session during the 7 o'clock boot process How do you do that? I see that it is a good idea, since I have tried the WS setup and the delays you get when starting programs are not so fun.. Especially when starting the browser, and openoffice. --- Den tis 2012-05-29 skrev Mike Gabriel <[email protected]>: > Från: Mike Gabriel <[email protected]> > Ämne: Re: Thin clients or Diskless WS? > Till: [email protected] > Datum: tisdag 29 maj 2012 10:58 > Hi George, > > On Di 29 Mai 2012 10:23:48 CEST George wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > We are planning to use skolelinux after summer. Problem > is, we have some clients that are a bit slow, so we need to > do an upgrade. The budget is, of course, a bit tight. > > > > I have tried the HP t5630. It has 1GB memory and a 1 > ghz proc. Problem is it also uses the via VX800 unified > chip. The support for that seems to be a bit jerky when it > comes to Debian. It worked with squeeze for some time, but > after the latest kernelupdate it does not work anymore. I > guess its possible to make it work, but it seems a bit > unstable at the moment. > > > > The other option is buying some used computers, like > these ones; > > http://reuseit.se/sv/stationaera/hpcompaq-dc7800-usdt-e6750.php?group=prod_prod_grp-s1%2F107 > > > > They are not much more expensive, but of course they > take some more power and makes some more noise. I dont have > any real experience of running a full setup of diskless > workstations. It will be something like 25 of them (+50 > thinclients). > > > > Honestly I have a problem making a descission. I prefer > thinclients, but we are not prepared to buy new ones, and if > we are going to buy, at least they have to be at the same > standard as t5630 or better, othervise they will not be much > better then the ones we have (as T5530 and Siemens A230). So > T5630 seems to be the type that are easy available used for > a descent price. > > > > Im just asking for advice. Biased or not. > > > > /George > > Use diskless workstations. > > Give them 2-4gb of RAM. > > Link them up via a Gigabit network (100mbit/s is a show > stopper nowadays). > > Provide the diskless workstation chroots via a fast server > (SAS RAID with quite a bit of RAM cache on the machine), > maybe also provide the chroots via a dedicated server (not > via TJENER). > > Consider using a package from Petter that creates an icon > cache for all installed applications so that menu rendering > is sped up (ping Petter for that package, it is rather > unofficial still, I guess). > > Make your machines boot before class, let them suspend2RAM > after the boot process. Shut them down after class if not in > use. > > Start the major applications within a virtual desktop > session during the 7 o'clock boot process, so that most of > the files (desktop, office, browser, etc.) are already > RAM-cached on the diskless machine. > > Greets, > Mike > > > > > -- > DAS-NETZWERKTEAM > mike gabriel, rothenstein 5, 24214 neudorf-bornstein > fon: +49 (1520) 1976 148 > > GnuPG Key ID 0xB588399B > mail: [email protected], > http://das-netzwerkteam.de > > freeBusy: > https://mail.das-netzwerkteam.de/freebusy/m.gabriel%40das-netzwerkteam.de.xfb > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
