On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 02:33:39PM +0000, Evan Ingram wrote: > hi > > i've seen various numbers quoted for ram requirements on an ltsp server; > "ranging from 256Mb + 32Mb per client to 1024Mb + 64Mb per client." > > what are peoples findings in the real world? i need to spec up a server > for a school implementation of about 64 workstations, so needs to > perform usual web/office/multimedia tasks.
What we officially recommend in the upstream documentation is: 256 + (192 * users) MB So, for 64 users, you'd be wanting a s server with at least: 256 + (192 * 64) ~= 12 gigs of ram. Practically speaking, from a load averaging perspective, you'd do better to buy 2 servers, and split the load between them. A nice quad core with 8 gigs of ram isn't that expensive, and that will comfortably handle 32 users. Homedirs can be shared via NFS. Scott -- Scott L. Balneaves | Today's weirdness is tomorrow's reason why. Systems Department | -- Hunter S. Thompson Legal Aid Manitoba | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _____________________________________________________________________ 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
