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What has been your experience with DRBL for the following:<BR>
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1. Boot time<BR>
2. Reliability<BR>
3. Scalability - as in how many TCs have you seen running simultaneously one one server? Server specs.?<BR>
4. TC performance compared to LTSP and stand-alone workstation<BR>
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On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 09:45 -1000, R. Scott Belford wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 7:24 AM, Warren Togami <<A HREF="mailto:wtogami@redhat.com">wtogami@redhat.com</A>> wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> K12LTSP EL5 uses the ancient LTSP-4.2. This is beneficial in that you get</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> security updates for the server and desktop applications on the server until</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> the year 2014. Ubuntu and Debian releases do not last nearly *that* long.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Keep in mind that if you use DRBL, then your support extends across</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">multiple distributions that will last well beyond 2014. You can run</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">DRBL on Fedora or Centos, as well as Ubuntu or Debian. I can boot my</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">newer gbook, asus eeepc, acer aspire, and various Atom-based chipsets</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">from it, as well as my ancient hardware.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">--scott</FONT>
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