[K12OSN] Server/Client Performance

[Thomas E. Haynes]

> Mark Cockrell wrote:
> 
> > Hello all,
> >    I'm hoping to set up a very small K12LTSP deployment for a local 
> > church in the near future using donated (trashed, actually) 
> hardware 
> > and I have a question regarding performance.  I've got a pretty 
> > low-end PC here that I want to use as the server: a P-233 
> with 256MB 
> > RAM.  What kind of performance can I expect for 2 clients 
> connected to 
> > this machine for use as a Web Browsing/Word Processing 
> cluster?  Is it 
> > a safe assumption that the clients would perform these 
> tasks about as 
> > well as the server itself?

Try Vector Linux with XFCE and ICEwm as window managers for standalone
machines. It uses Abiword and is intended for a functional desktop on lowend
hardware. The web page says it needs 16 megs of ram and it will run on
i386/i486. The complete install is 435 meg before user-installed software
and swap.

For server, I would stick to something like ClarkConnect or E-Smith for a
firewall/gateway/file server on the 233, and I think it is an exercise in
frustration to try to make LTSP work. Either CC or E-Smith would also run a
mail server and a web page for the church. Setup is easy and won't require
too many resources. I have run both on a 233, and they worked pretty well.
At one point I was running Moodle and FrontPage server extensions on a
similar machine for my classes. 

My 2 cents...   Tom