[K12OSN] Sanity check needed before rollout

[Leotis buchanan]

Greetings in the name of Jah,


I am new to LTSP, i want to set up demo network, i have been reading. I see
where alot of  the group members have setup very large networks, i would
like to set up just a small network of about five pc, with a single server,


   - can anyone tell me where is a good source for terminal machines, are
   parts to build such   terminals.
   - Whats the best route to take, build a home brew server or buy a
   server.
   - Are there any good tutorials about building a LTSP server from
   scratch.



  Blessings to  one all

On 5/29/07, john <lists.john at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I hope folks can give me a sanity check before I begin a large scale
> (35 client) roll out at one of our schools this summer.  First the
> scenario, then the question. I plan to setup a robust server LTSP
> server, with /homes stored centrally on different "backend" server.
> This "backend" server will provide authentication for LTSP clients via
> LDAP, but users will be drawn from Active Directory using SAMBA to
> integrate with our existing domain. Windows users and LTSP users
> network share should be accessable either as \home while on LTSP or as
> a network share when using WindowsXP.
>
>
> Hardware
>
> 35 thin clients clients
> 1 LTSP server (2 duel core opteron 8100, 8 Gigs of ram, Edubuntu 7.04)
> 1 "backend" file server doing NFS, SAMBA, LDAP and Webdav, 3 Ghz
> workstation with 4Gb ram (Centos or Ubuntu LTS 6.06)
> 1 Dedicated Gig E switch
>
> Software/networking:
>
> 1. The LTSP server will authenticates clients via the LDAP backend
> server. Users home directories will be stored on the backend server.
> 2.  The LDAP backend server is joined to our Windows AD Domain, via
> winbind and linux user accounts are automagically created via SAMBA
> which stores account info in LDAP per
>
> http://us4.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/idmapper.html#id369912
>
> My question are:
> 1) What am I missing, forgetting etc?
> 2) Is my authentication scheme nuts? I can't dump Active Directory,
> but is there a better way to do this?
> 2) Do I need a "real" server doing RAID 5 or whatever for the LDAP Backend
> 3) Am I REALLY off base with my proposed setup?
>
> Many thanks for any and all ideas!
>
> John
>
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