[K12OSN] Creating Pilot Project for Ontario Public Libraries

[Petre Scheie]

I don't think a 650mhz P3 with 512MB RAM will handle all that, but it does depend on the 
scale.  That is, how many thin clients did you want to handle?  I can tell you from 
experience, that a server with only 256MB isn't enough for even one client if that 
client is running IceWM, Mozilla and OpenOffice.org with, say, five or six documents 
open; it's just not enough RAM.  512 will support perhaps two or three clients, but 
you'd be cutting it close, and again it depends on which apps and how many the clients 
are running.  To then add file, print, mail and web would be too much.  If you can bump 
the RAM up to 1GB, then it may be manageable, if you don't have too many thin clients, 
and there isn't too much mail/print/file/web activity.  How many libraries are you 
looking to outfit?  If you could manage, I'd send two servers to each library, one for 
file/print/mail/web--512MB ought to be enough for that--and the other, with more RAM 
installed, for the terminal server.  Or if you can get 2GB-4GB in those boxes, then a 
single box might work.

Petre

Kriston Purdy wrote:
> Hi All;
>  
> One of our sister companies that recycles donated hardware to 
> non-profits, recieved through donation 30 older IBM Netfinity servers, 
> which consisted of 1 P-3-650 processor and 512 mb of Ram. In hearing of 
> their availability, the K12_LTSP project came to mind. My idea, 
> distribute these servers to the smaller Ontario Public Libraries, not 
> only running Teminal Services, but also acting as File, Print, Mail and 
> Webhosting Servers.
>  
> I want to know if you think that these servers are beefy enough to 
> handle the load placed on them for these tasks.
>  
> Sincerely
>  
> Kriston
> 24by7 Tekdesk
> www.tekdesk.org <http://www.tekdesk.org>
> kriston at tekdesk.org <mailto:kriston at tekdesk.org>
>  
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