I prefer OpenMosix Take a look at http://www.ltsp.org/contrib/ltsp-om5r3c.html
Best John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Barber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Adrian D'Costa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 4:11 PM Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] best solution > On Wednesday 24 July 2002 04:26 am, Adrian D'Costa wrote: > > > > I am being assigned a project for a school. They have a > > > > tight budget. > > > > Right now the are on a windows 2000 server and 28 nodes. > > > > The server is P III 800 Mhz, 64 mb ram, 40 GB hdd and a > > > > DSL connection > > > > using a usb modem. > > > > > > Yeah, the server RAM will need to be *much* higher, > > > especially if you are planning on users running big apps, > > > like Netscape and StarOffice. For 28 clients, figure at > > > the bare minimum 256MB and try to get 512MB. See how much > > > the mobo can take. If RAM is cheap, just max it out. > > > > Thanks. I was thinking something like 256MB. I was also thinking of > > Clustering. Have you tried it out? > > Adrian, > > I just ran across something that might be of use to you. A friend of mine is > experimenting with setting up a Mosix cluster (www.mosix.org). This would be > perfect for what your customer wants. > > In a Mosix cluster, all of the processors and all of the hard drives are > utilized. To run LTSP on a mosix cluster, you set aside one machine to be > the LTSP "server," but it does not need any extra RAM because it actually > runs it processes on the cluster. > > My friend is just starting with this. He does not know if it will work yet > (but I know him very well and I can guarantee that he will make it work > someday). > > How much time do you have for your project? > > Ken Barber > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: Dice - The leading online job board > for high-tech professionals. Search and apply for tech jobs today! > http://seeker.dice.com/seeker.epl?rel_code=31 > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Dice - The leading online job board for high-tech professionals. Search and apply for tech jobs today! http://seeker.dice.com/seeker.epl?rel_code=31 _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
