2007/2/8, Eilert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hej Mats, > > > 512mb ram? 256 for cache? I seriously doubt I need that much. > > I wouldn't bet on it - we've got some older P1 thin clients with only a > few MB RAM. Sure, they boot. Sure, the user may log in sometimes. > > But sooner or later those terminals will crash if not helped by swap > memory on the server. Yes, with swap memory they run flawlessly. > Swap memory on the server? How did you do that? Swapfiles in the nfs export? I imagine it would be hard getting them to use individual swap files.
> Later I saw chrashes on much better equipped terminals, so I switched > swap on for all of them. Since then, no more problems... > You could format the CF card that's included with newer thin clients and use it for swap (256mb+). Yeah, I know...Limited write cycles, but it's easily replaced if it fails. > By the way, we found that slower terminals have problems when the server > has a high load. Sometimes working on them becomes nearly impossible as > they react so slowly. Other terminals still react normally, though > screen update times rise. In an environment with more than, well..., > about 20 - 25 clients I would not recommend to use slower machines than PII. > Could this be because of NIC thoughput beeing limited by cpu power? I mean, server load is not connected to the clients working slowly. If server load is to blame, then all of the clients should feel the slowness (is that even a word? ;) ). > Regards > > Rolf > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&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 > -- Vänliga Hälsningar/Cheers Mats Lundqvist +4670-513 73 87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&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
