About 5 years ago I had a small LTSP setup working and was duly impressed. Today I have a different project with a different set of goals, and I'm wondering if LTSP would be up to the job.
I have 12 systems, all running 1920x1080 displays, 16 bpp, with the output rotated 90 degress. They all have NVidia cards, and all use the free "nv" driver, which has performed flawlessly. Here's my question: Can I ditch the hard disks in these systems, and instead have them boot off a server using LTSP? Will LTSP support 1920x1080 with 16 bit color? Does LTSP offer the "nv" driver for X? If so, will LTSP allow the "rotate" option that that driver supports? These systems display giant JPEG images, that change every 10 minutes. There is no motion video involved or anything like that. With all this in mind, and if LTSP really is up to this, what kind of network will I need? Will my existing 100 Mbps network be ok, or would 1 Gbps be required? And finally, what kind of server would it take to drive all 12 of these systems simultaneously? Can anyone offer their experiences with a similar setup or provide a ballpark estimate? Thanks in advance, Ralph ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _____________________________________________________________________ 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
