Hello everyone, I'm trying to work out a good generic server setup that I can deploy at multiple locations. I need a bit of help if you can on what sort of power is needed for x number of clients, and which hardware is good to get and good to avoid.
The server will be running, eventually, kde 3.2 (when it's out, 3.1.x in the meantime), openoffice, browser, email, and also other services like file sharing, print server, intranet website probably with some groupware software. To ensure the smoothest operating speed, how much memory and what processor speed would you guys recommend. Number of client machines could vary between 10-100 or more. Some questions about the hardware: * Are dual processors worth it? what sort of benefits will I see from that? * Which processors are good - Intel or AMD? Which speeds are the best? * Is disk activity typically heavy? Worth using Serial ATA * Is a 100mbit NIC in the server adequate? I'm thinking 1gigabit NIC for the server and 100mbit in the client machines. * Will RAID help me out much? * What bus speed is good? any particular memory brands you'd recomment? Stability is a primary attribute of course - any particular brands for memory, motherboard, hard disk, processor, you'd advise for/against for a thin client server. Hardware for a server's pretty cheap at the moment, to get a fairly fast system, especially for businesses. So I'm interested in hardware that is great to have - not just the bare minimum to get it working. Of course, I don't want to go overboard, but hardware that will scale for the next two-three years would be good. And to add to the list, do you guys know any good articles on line of test cases for hardware vs performance for numbers of client machines, etc? I appreciate any help I can get, thanks Mark Saward ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _____________________________________________________________________ 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
