[K12OSN] Server Planning

[James P. Kinney III]

On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 17:56 -0400, Gentgeen wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:59:09 +0000
> "James P. Kinney III" <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com> wrote:
> 
> > I left out that a server of this type can be built for about $6k. As I
> > have one of the top system build groups down the street from me
> > (www.monarchcomputers.com) I use their stuff often.
> > 
> > This puts the cost per seat at about $350 ($6k - server, 200 TC's at
> > $300 [NTAVO box, 15" LCD monitor, keyboard, mouse] plus power strips
> > and some network cables and all the software you can load!)
> > 
> > Dell Dimension 1100 package (with 17" CRT monitor, LCD extra) is $680
> > with MS XP Pro and a 90 trail anti-virus.
> > 
> 
> 
> So you say you've done your homework????  

Currently in "hurry up and wait" mode of rolling out 26 app/boot servers
to support about 2000 thin clients. That averages to only 76 clients per
server, but some of the schools are quite small and others are huge.
Been in the thick of evaluation and testing for the past 3 months. 


> 
> I don't think I have ever seen such a well detailed answer to that
> question here before.  At least not as the very first reply.  I was
> really expecting the "what do you want to do?" or "Depends on this/that"
> answers first (as usual)
> 
> :-)  Just on observation
> 
>   
> 
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James P. Kinney III          
CEO & Director of Engineering 
Local Net Solutions,LLC        
770-493-8244                    
http://www.localnetsolutions.com

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