On 04/09/13 06:51 PM, Robert Lefebvre wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not following the advantage of doing this with VMs. I've only > dabbled with them but I'm thinking to add additional processing power > to the network. If possible, I would like to scatter the servers > throughout the school and have them double as workstations for the > teachers too. I know the term "server" is loosely used in LTSP and > isn't any special type of computer. In our network the teachers get > the best, strongest machines. Often they are idle though as they are > busy with students. > I wasn't suggesting you should use VMs. > Am I correct in believing that once the load balancer assigns a > request to a particular server then that traffic would flow back and > forth direct from the client through the switch to the server? > That's how it works. You need one root server for the thin clients to boot from. As I said, this should also be your cluster control and load balancer. The teacher's computer's can act as application servers, but they need to be configured similarly, preferably identically, so the thin client user experiences the same environment everywhere.
Also, I am assuming you have centralized authentication like LDAP and shared network home directories. > > Do you mean clustering beyond the load balancing LTSP would provide? > > Did I answer this above? Or is there some type of load balancing going > on in my single server system now? Like I said, I am thinking of using > teacher work stations as servers at the same time. Or is the idea > totally whacked? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft technologies and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours of step-by-step tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. Subscribe today and save! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58041391&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _____________________________________________________________________ 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
