[K12OSN] Client RAM question

[Julius Szelagiewicz]

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, mella wrote:
> > From: "Terrell Prude', Jr." <microman at cmosnetworks.com>
> >No, it shouldn't.  None of the apps are actually running on the client
> >at all; they're all running on the server and merely are displayed on
> >the client.  The only "large" app running on the client is the X11
> >server itself, and that fits nicely into 32MB.  Most of my clients have
> <32MB DRAM, and they run just as fast as if they have 48MB or 64MB.
> >Matter of fact, I've actually pulled DRAM out of a client so that it'll
> >boot faster (less DRAM to go through during POST).
>
> Wrong answer!
> I use k12LTSP4.0.1 , 30 clients with Dual Xeon + 4G RAM.
> My clients use many memory-wasting programs like Mozilla, OOO and Evolution.
> I noticed strange restarts on clients with 32MB RAM. Even with 64MB. But clients with 128MB RAM never restarted.
> So, I added NFS swap up to 96MB per client and now all is ok. No more restarts.
> So, amount of client RAM IS important!
>
Mella is right - the amount of client memory matters, because the X server
got "smart" and uses more memory to reduce network traffic. 128MB seems to
be the magic number. julius