[K12OSN] Creating Pilot Project for Ontario Public Libraries

[Kriston Purdy]

Thanks for the input Petre. 
The project is being directed at the smaller libraries in Ontario, as well
as perhaps the Community Access sites that we support also. The mean average
for the amount of terminals is 4 -6.
These servers have the capacity for installing lots of ram, so that's not an
issue. They also have an open slot for a second processor.
Thanks for the input and advice. It's greatly appreciated.

Kris

-----Original Message-----
From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf
Of Petre Scheie
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 12:37 PM
To: Support list for opensource software in schools.
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Creating Pilot Project for Ontario Public Libraries

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 
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