Krishna Murphy wrote: > Jan- > TNX for your answer. But you didn't answer the MAIN question: > What VGA do you recommended? (all ONLY passive cooling, 2D is enough) > GMA950(=integrated Intel)/ATi/nvidia/other? > Only PCIe! (no PCI, AGP, PCI-X) > * no problem instalation > * no problems on Debian etch + 2.6.16 > * TS will server as other terminal + LCD 19" > * DVI connector is invited/welcome
> > Regarding the server - you don't need much at all for the video, as it > needn't be a terminal (see above.) I recommend getting a chip that will > handle anything you might need done for the next five years, with room for > more RAM than you think you'll ever need - at first maybe only 1GB/core, Pentium D940 (C1)=dualcore 3,2Ghz 95W, so 2Gb is OK within your recom. for 1GB/core. mobo allows 4or8 GB which is enough. If more will need over 3 years, we'll buy 4*SAS+qaudro core K10 (or conroe 2) 16GB ... HW is cheaper & faster every year. So change server (and give 2 years old to charity) every 2 or 3-4 years is not so expensive. > but allow for 16 or more. Get LOTS of disk space, probably with a RAID > controller and SATA drives. I particularly like dual-processor Opteron > motherboards, using dual-core processors running at 2GHz or less (higher > speeds mean a much higher temperature and chance of failure.) > > That's my $0.02 worth - I'm sure others will feel differently about the > hardware, but you DID ask what I thought... THX again. > > -Krishna > > On Wed, 21 Jun 2006, Jan Kunder wrote: > > Hi. > I'm considering HW/chipset/CPU for LTSP - terminal server (KDE 3.5.x, > Etch, 10-17 clients). > > As now it is: > Pentium D 940 (C1) > i945 or 955X > 2GB > ... > (if you have real recomm. for X2 3800+ - OK, why and *what* chipset 2use) > > > ========== > Questions: > What VGA do you recommended? (all ONLY passive cooling, 2D is enough) > GMA950(=integrated Intel)/ATi/nvidia/other? > Only PCIe! (no PCI, AGP, PCI-X) > * no problem instalation > * no problems on Debian etch + 2.6.16 > * TS will server as other terminal + LCD 19" > * DVI connector is invited/welcome > > TNX much! > > -- Jan Kunder jan.kunderHATESPAMgmail.com All the advantages of Linux Managed Hosting--Without the Cost and Risk! Fully trained technicians. The highest number of Red Hat certifications in the hosting industry. Fanatical Support. Click to learn more http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=107521&bid=248729&dat=121642 _____________________________________________________________________ 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
