Greetings! As I have said before, it's for experimental purposes only since I am new to the program and I want to explore some possibilities. Besides, I also have some old boxes here (233MHz) that I want to use and since this was originally a Windows-based cafe, I never had the chance to use them due to large memory requirements of Windows-based programs.
Thanks! Nel --- "Ian Dexter R. Marquez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/29/05, Nel Rebuldela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > 1. What is the ideal hardware set-up of the server > > (harddisk, memory, processor, network cards, > etc.)? > > > > 2. What is the ideal set-up for the client > (processor, > > memory, network cards, etc.)? > > > > I have this current set-up: > > > > Switch: CNET CNSH 1600 Powerswitch > > > > PC Set-up (all are the same) > > > > AMD Athlon XP 2500 (1.9x GHz) > > Redfox M7VIG400 (built-in LAN) > > 256 MB memory > > NVIDIA FX5200 128MB video > > 60Gig harddisk on the server (all have 40Gig) > > > > The set-up will run typical office applications, > web > > browser, chat and some games (if i have time to > tinker > > with Wine or Cedega). > > > > Why do you want LTSP? Your units are ok standalone. > LTSP is used if > you want to scrimp on the hardware resources for the > clients. Sayang > yung client hardware mo pag ganyan. :) > > Anyway, the wiki Jerome pointed is a good place to > start. But if you > want to run games, you'd be needing more than a > big-iron server -- if > we're talking about Windows games here, then ditch > the LTSP setup > completely, because while Wine and Cedega do work, > they're not the > recommended route. > > LTSP is good for managing installations that run > commonly used apps, > like browsing, office 'productivity', messaging. I'm > not so sure about > gaming, though, as this is a very memory-intensive > field. > > And, oh, opt for a more robust switch. I'm partial > to *at least* > Linksys or Planet -- have pretty bad experiences > with Cnet hardware, > they fail too often, too soon. Network connectivity > and performance > will be a big issue in an LTSP setup, especially > with your > requirements. > > HTH. :) > > -- > Ian Dexter R. Marquez > http://iandexter.co.nr [PGP key: 0x02D17A07] > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
