[K12OSN] LTSP Galore!

[Julius Szelagiewicz]

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Joe Faletra wrote:

> 50mb of RAM per user on the server is ideal.  That's the rule I use and
> have been very satisfied.
>
> Joe
>
> cwagnon at redbugmail.k12.ar.us writes:
> >Well looks like this summer we may be stickin' terminals everywhere!
> >As pc's
> >die out we will replace them with terminals. Either old ibm's or new
> >hp 5300
> >terminals when we run out of the old junk. Primarily, all these
> >terminals will
> >just use the internet and openoffice. The current server we have that
> >we will
> >use for expansion is a Dell Poweredge 4600. Single 1.8ghz xeon w/4gb
> >ram and
> >gig backbone. We've ordered a second processor. My question is...how
> >many
> >terminals do you think I could get on one server if I expanded the
> >ram? This
> >server will hold up to 12gb of Ram.
> >
Joe, 50 MB per user may be adequate, but it is *not* ideal. There is no
"rule of thumb" here, there is only "it depends". in my installations,
based on the software mix and user expectations, 100MB per user is the
absolute minimum. julius