[K12OSN] Server sizing in the real world

[Petre Scheie]

Quick & dirty reply: For 35-50 users I'd get a dual-CPU box with 4GB RAM and a pair of 
SCSI disks, at least 36GB, 72GB if you can afford it.  Get gigabit NICs for the server 
and make sure your switch has gigabit ports for the server (the clients will be fine 
with 100Mb ports).  That should be enough to cover you for a while.  As you add more 
clients over time, you can look into getting another server and splitting the load, or 
using dedicated application servers for heavy apps like OOo.

Petre

Barry Solof wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The school has changed plans (again!).
> 
> We were going to start with an old server and a few K12ltsp terminals in 
> a few classrooms to see how things worked out.  Now the school wants to 
> use the K12ltsp for a dedicated computer classroom with about 20 
> terminals.  My guess is they will want to run other terminals in other 
> classrooms off of this server eventually.
> 
> They have found some money for a good server.   That makes it a lot 
> easer cause the old server isn't really working well.
> 
> The hardware wiki talks about needing 250 meg for the server and 50 meg 
> (or more) per terminal.  Is this really enough for Gnome/OpenOffice/Tux 
> type/Tux math/etc.?  What sort of experiences have you had with the 
> number of terminals per server?
> 
> Bottom line: can a single server handle 35-50 clients?  How much memory 
> and hard drive would be enough?
> 
> Many thanks,
> Barry
> 
> 
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