i have experimented with LDAP and had it working (I think) on what is now
our back up server. So do I absolutely have to use LDAP to cluster servers?
If so, I think I would opt to do a total new install on another box. With
your experience does that seem like the best approach?
Thanks
On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Robert Mavrinac <mavri...@uwindsor.ca>wrote:
> 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?
>
>
>
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