[K12OSN] Re: Server sizing in the real world

[Sudev Barar]

On 10/13/05, William Fragakis <william at fragakis.com> wrote:
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> I second the suggestion to put gigabit between the server and client
> switch. That made all the difference for us. 10/100 would absolutely
> choke beyond 5-7 clients on heavy internet activity. The other
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I keep seeing this recommendation but if all that the ltsp network is
handling screen re-fresh then where is the need for gig network?
Typically the application will run on the server using server bus and
only the display data is sent to the client (plus some admin
overhead). I only see max ~8mbps data bandwidth usage with all 25
users busy on internet. Typical bandwidth is way below more in the
region of ~2mbps

Second the internet connect I have is 515kbps DSL. How can this amount
of data overawe 100mbps network?

Any guru to do calculations and throw light on this?
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Sudev Barar
Learning Linux