On Fri, 2004-02-27 at 06:33, Arthur T. G. do Nascimento wrote: > Which computer would be ideal for a LTSP server that will host almost > 150 computers, if every workstation is a Pentium II 200 Mhz with 64mb of > ram on a switched 100mb network? > > I was thinking in an Athlon 2.8 Ghz SMP With 3gb of RAM and enough HD. > > I pretend to use LTSP's solution in a television station here. > For Internet, office and some little graphics edition(gimp and alike). > > > Thanks In Advance.
3GB / 150 workstations = 20MB per workstation. I don't think this is enough. With 150 copies of the Gimp and OpenOffice, you're going to need something like 32GB of RAM on the server. To make that easier to attain, I would consider a two-tier server network: 1) an NFS server to host home directories, dhpc, dns, etc. This server needs lots of disk and a tape backup unit, but not a lot of RAM or CPU power (say 512MB of RAM and a single CPU). 2) two or more servers with lots of RAM and CPU but very little disk space (enough for the O/S and apps). This lets you spread the load out. You can split users into groups (editing room, office, reporters, etc) or you can put one app on each server (eg, Gimp server, OpenOffice server). The servers mount /home from the first server, so no matter which second-tier server you use you get the same files. -- David Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Little Bald Consulting, LLC ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _____________________________________________________________________ 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
