William Stein wrote: > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 11:51 AM, D.C. Ernst <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm in the process of exploring the option of setting up a local Sage >> server at my university. What are the minimum requirements in terms >> of CPU, memory, hard drive disk space, operating system, etc.? I'm >> sure the answers to these questions depend on numerous factors, but >> I'm not exactly sure what those factors are. My dream is for my >> department (mathematics at Plymouth State University) to have our very >> own server that runs Sage, WebWork, and perhaps gets used in ways I >> haven't thought of yet (maybe by our Numerical Analysis students?). >> What would we need to make this a reality > > 8GB RAM and at least 4 cores. Get something that runs Linux well.
How many students are you planning on supporting? (I mean simultaneous Sage sessions, where each worksheet open counts as a Sage session). I think I would budget about 80MB of RAM just for each open Sage session. Add another 140MB or so for the Sage server, and another 500MB or so for the operating system. Then add up what you need for WebWork, etc. Then give yourself *plenty* of cushion (memory is relatively cheap---I just looked it up for the Sage server we are setting up at Drake, and for us, it's about $35/GB from Newegg). Jason -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu?hl=en.
