Jeff Roberts wrote:
> I currently have a ltsp server version 2.08pre2 serving gnome desktops
> for about 20 desktops. the server is a dual pII-400 with 1 gig of ram
> and scsi drives. We have run this configuration for about a year with
> almost no problems. We only run netscape, ssh and the citrix client on
> it.
>
> I would like to give version 3 a try and I would also like to run the
> lastest versions of abiword, gnumeric, evolution, and galeon on the
> server.
>
> I really dont want to mess up a working server, and I am also concerned
> that the increased application load could cause problems. I have a dual
> p2-300 box available.
>
> What I would like to do is :
> 1. Load the spare box with redhat 7.2, the latest release of ltsp, and
> ximian gnome.
> 2. Then move a few users from the other ltsp server to the newer
> release.
> 3. After I am comfortable, I could then take the old box and install
> the same setup on it. Then load balance (manually I suppose) between the
> two servers.
>
> I would like to know if this is the best solution, and what the best
> configuration would be. The existing server is also the dhcp server.
>
> Is it possble to run dhcp on both ltsp servers and just include entries
> in each server's dhcp.conf for the terminals I want to boot off each
> respective server?
If you have static addresses ie MAC->IP fixed you can run DHCP on both servers.
We run identical dhcp.conf on both servers (except for the boot host entries).
The least loaded server wins and gets to serve the client. I have seen it where
one server will respond to the Etherboot request while the other will respond to
the LTSP DHCP request.
Your suggestion for running a different DHCP with the clients you want on each
server is probably the best for your case.
You will probably have to consider NFS mounting their home directories from the
other server though.
>
>
> Thanks for any advice in advance,
>
> Jeff Roberts
>
>
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