On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 23:55, Jarod Kernel wrote:
> Hi,
> I would like to use LTSP to build a lab in my school. I will buy a server to use
> with existing clients. Thoose are P75Mhz with something like 32Mb RAM 10/100 LAN,
> and an HD about 200Mb.
> The lab is already cabled.
> I would like to know what kind of hardware I must use to have a good server, to make
> load the client quick ad a local machine. The clients will use OO or Kylix.
> I was thinking about an AMD Athlon XP 2000+ 512 or 1Gb RAM. Is better to have a SCSI
> HD?
> Thanks in advance for your help!
> Grendel
Use Intel, AMD is quite sloppy when it comes to intensive I/O from what
I've seen and heard, use plenty of RAM (is cheap) and a decent HDD,
ata133 or some heavy expensive scsi stuff, more, choose carefully your
filesystems, you'll find out that good tuning may double your system's
speed .
Best regards,
Dragosh M.
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