Dean Michael C. Berris wrote:
There are ~100 computers (Athlons, Pentiums, and just recently a few SPARCs that I am setting up to act as a class 2 Beowulf) which need to have Linux, and have to be administered by a handful of people. Certainly an LTSP setup would be impractical since the load on the network would be too much, and the power of the desktops wouldn't be put to good use. Remote file systems would be a problem, since at peak hours (10am-4pm) the activity would be outrageous.
Any suggestions? Anybody have actual experience with administering that many "production" systems/computers with Linux? Any tips and tricks that the novice should know? If not anything, I'm just really overwhelmed with the task put on the faculty's shoulders, and I as a student would like to be able to help in any way I can.
Thanks In Advance! :)
one concern would be the centralized management of user/group accounts since students come & go every semester. how was it managed previously? by domain controllers? you could dump that technique if you're going to go 100% gnu/linux and use LDAP or NIS instead. otherwise you can use Winbind coz winbind works well on heterogenous network (dominated by Win32).
btw, we need more info. how's the lab going to be used anyway? for programming? for network simulation? for desktop publishing?
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