[RHCE] the LTSP server

[Greg]

Actually I found an article that stated that it would be possible to
handle between 200 and 300 thin clients from one single P-III server
(dual processor, though and probably with plenty of RAM).  I had spec'ed
out a few dual AMDs as the servers so processing won't be an issue (RAM
certainly will - as will enough disk space to server the users).

Here is the article:

<"http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2860180,00.html">

Greg

On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 21:48, Jason Tower wrote:
> no formula per se.  run top and keep adding stations until you swap heavily 
> (then add more memory) or until cpu usage gets too high (then get a faster 
> box).  you'll sustain way more users with a lightweight WM like xfce, 
> fluxbox, etc than with gnome or kde.  standard 100Mb ethernet should be more 
> than fast enough for dozens of users.
> 
> jason
> 
> On Monday 10 February 2003 19:23, gregbrown@mindspring.com wrote:
> > I have a quetion about the LTSP server that was set up for the RHCE study
> > group (which I'll have to hit the next RHCE study group - my travels are
> > getting in the way of my going to the group).
> >
> > Anyway, I understand the server is a Celeron 500Mhz or so with something
> > like 256 megs of RAM.  Correct?  Just how many desktops can you serve from
> > this machine?  Is there some kind of formula where you can plug in the
> > number of diskless stations served vs. bandwidth vs. server RAM and
> > processor?
> >
> > The reason I ask is I am working on a proposal for a DOD job in Korea where
> > I would have diskless workstations connecting to a server via LTSP.  All I
> > need to provide for the diskless workstations is a Phoenix browser and
> > Evolution mail client (both of which can be changed according to how the
> > project progresses).
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Trolling for info,
> >
> > Greg
> >
> >
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