Re: [school-discuss] thin clients per server

[Les Richardson <les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> We are looking to replace a school lab full of standalone PCs (Dell 1.6ghz 
> Celerons) with LTSP. I'm wondering what a good client to server ratio would 
> be using something along the lines of a Athlon64 3200 with a 10k SATA drive

I would suggest the use of SCSI drives with faster seek performance? 
(although memory will be more important, SATA drive performance isn't up 
to SCSI, IMO)


Les Richardson
H. Hardcastle School



> for the server. Mind you that we may have all the kids hitting Flash driven 
> web sites at the same time and performance shouldn't look shabby compared to 
> the stand alones.
>
> The lab is the first step to converting the rest of the school.
>
> Also, any perceptible difference in using, say 533mhz Via Eden motherboards 
> for the clients vs. 1 ghz Edens?
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> William Fragakis
> Morris Brandon Elementary
> morrisbrandon.com