Re: Terminal Server
Hi,
You will need stronger server to do XDMCP as bulk of computing is done at
server.
In our first runs with diskless etherboot clients, were able to server ~30
clients from P3 800 w/ 256 Mbyte RAM without much problem. Want to have
fast network (you mentioned) and fairly quick HDD.
Want to be careful on how you install apps, they can end up copied into
RAM on diskless clients if installed as if on local system. With
openoffice, this may eat up all 128 Mb's of RAM you've got.
Good luck,
On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Philippe De Ryck wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a few specific questions about a possible TS setup. As you may
> have seen in my previous post, I'm looking for a good setup for a couple
> of debian machines (somewhere around 8 to 10) in a school environment. I
> have a bunch of older machines (P3 500 with 128Mb RAM) that have some
> trouble running XP smoothly. I don't need a lot of functionality,
> basically, the next items are required:
> * browser (firefox)
> * office (openoffice)
>
> The responses on my previous post pointed me to LTSP, which I already
> knew. My questions are the following:
>
> * If I would opt for clients that use a remote X-server (XDMCP), I
> believe I would need quite a strong server (CPU and RAM). Is this
> correct?
>
> * The second option is a central image, which gets booted via Etherboot.
> I believe that this setup would be a good alternative. Is it correct to
> assume that the only function of the server is to serve the image, and
> thus doesn't need powerful hardware? Can anyone elaborate on the system
> requirements? The machines would be connected to one 100Mbit switch. I
> would opt for the OS-image read only on an NFS-share and maybe use the
> local HDD for swap.
>
> Thanks
>
> Philippe De Ryck
>
>
>
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