Thanks to all of you who replied with their remarks on this subject. Meanwhile our school has bought the beast, because IMHO it can't be but an improvement over the PIII MMX with 768 Mb and 4Gb HD that I am using now to serve LTSP to about 20 terminals. Especially since we are planning to connect 3 more classrooms to it with 20 terminals each.
Thanks again, Wouter On Wednesday 18 June 2003 11:16, Wouter DeBacker wrote: > Hi all, > > I've got an opportunity to buy a second hand Compaq > Proliant 5500 server. It has dual PIII XEON/500MHz > processors, 1.2 Gb RAM, 3x18 Gb HDUs and a SCSI Ultra > Wide 2. Yet, it "only" costs about US$1500.00 > > IMHO that would be a great replacement for my current > LTSP server. I wonder however if Linux can currently > handle all the goodies which are inside that box. > Especially the dual processors and the chipsets on the > motherboard. > > Opinions anyone ? ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php _____________________________________________________________________ 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.freenode.net
