Matt, Take a look at our wiki page on server sizing:
http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/ServerSizing It'll give you a rough idea. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 17 Sep 2005, Matt Price wrote: > Hi folks, > > Well, as I was saying earlier, I'm itching to set up a thin client lab > in my computers course; I was being held back by lack of funds to buy > a real server. Now it looks like we may have found someone with some > cash to buy us one... so I was wondering what exactly I should ask > for. THe tuxlabs documentation suggests: > - 2 gig ram > - SCSI drives > - gigabit ethernet (also gigabit ethernet on the switch, which I don't > have -- we only have donated 3Com 3300 swtiches, which are nice but > all 10/100 (far as I know, anyway). > > Already, this is geting tough -- e.g. we don't have the gigabit > switch... So I am wondering how to prioritize the various > requirements. So if folks don't mind, maybe y'all could suggest > minimum and (within reason) optimal configurations for a server, > including things like: > > - what kind lf CPU (does it matter if it's 64-bit? is a > dual-processor machine - which about doubles the minimum price, I > think - vastly more desirable?) > - how much and what kind of RAM? > - How big a deal does SCSI make? Does SATA, or SATA RAID, help make > IDE performance closer to SCSI? > - is gigabit ethernet an absolute requirement? > - any other hardware config questions I've failed to notice... > > thanks loads, again. > > matt > > > ------------------------------------------- > Matt Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] > History Department, University of Toronto > (416) 978-2094 > -------------------------------------------- > > The following addresses are for you if you're an evil spambot: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > edubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel > -- edubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel
