On 02/02/2014 08:55 PM, Joseph Bishay wrote: > I am trying to determine which of two servers is more suitable for > LTSP deployment. A lot of the benchmarks I've come across were rather > complex to run. One that was recommended to me was this neat little > program called Geekbench.
The issue always comes down to whether the benchmark reflects the things you care about on your server, and a single number for the system is almost certainly too general to be meaningful -- especially for something unique like a terminal server. IME the best thing you can do for an LTSP server is add RAM. You probably don't need it for applications but Linux will take whatever is unused and allocate it for cache and buffers, and that all turns into speed. Next I would look at a faster NIC and faster disks. I would only upgrade the CPU if I find it is frequently busy. When I do I start with PassMark's database to get an idea of relative CPU performance: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php Jeff ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231&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
