>>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 to avoid swapping.
Is the server meant as a terminal server (where the clients work *on* the server), or as a boot from lan server, only serving the system via nfs or such (the clients are working locally)? The terminal server would really require a powerful server with multiple CPUs and RAM, depending on the load. But a boot from LAN server, which only serves files, doesn't need so much CPU power, since the bottleneck is most probably the network. It would need good storage speed and RAM, for caching. But the thin clients would need to be decent to run the apps, but without harddrives. Sascha
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