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Re: [school-discuss] ltsp server specs question



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Il 14/02/2012 07:28, David Bucknell ha scritto:
> Dear Schoolforge,
> 
> If you have experience with ltsp, would you comment on the following specs
> for a new server [...]
            ^^^^^^
> for a small school (50 clients 
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^

If you're building a new server to serve 50 clients using LTSP, than for
sure, you'll need more RAM on the server-side:

> CPU I5-2400                 3y warranty
> MB asus p8z68-v lx      3y
> RAM 4GB                     LT
     ^^^^^

I'd suggest at least 32GB.


> Power Supply 850W      5y
> two 500GB HDs 7200RPM

Regarding DISKs, all depends from what you need in terms of storage. 500GBs
sounds reasonable (unless you plan to build a multimedia jukebox!).

Graphic card are quite useless, for an LTSP server. So the onboard one is OK.

Another _very_critical_ component is the ethernet Adapter: Gigabit Ethernet
is mandatory both on the server (better if with two different NIC "bonded")
and on the switches (you'll need at least a couple of good GigaEthernet
switches).
I'm heavily using X-applications via SSH-Forwarding between two linux hosts
and... I can note the difference between the two scenarios: hosts connected
at 100Mbps and same hosts connected at 1Gbps.

Hope this help.

Bye,
DV

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