[K12OSN] Which server would you prefer?

[Steven Santos]

The Proliant might make a decent app server.  But I wouldn't use it as your
primary LTSP server - it just doesn't have the horsepower.

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Steven Santos
Director, Simply Circus, Inc.
 Email: Steven at SimplyCircus.com
  Mail: 14 Pierrepont Road
        Newton, MA 02462
 Phone: 617-527-0667
   Web: www.SimplyCircus.com 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com] On
> Behalf Of Joseph Bishay
> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 10:10 AM
> To: Support list for open source software in schools.
> Subject: [K12OSN] Which server would you prefer?
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I hope you are all doing very well.
> 
> For several years now I've been using a custom-built server for our
> K12LTSP (now K12Linux) setup.  It's been supporting around 15 clients
> and has been chugging along faithfully.  It does not have a very high
> load on it but when you do push it, it does show some weakness.  The
> specifics for this machine are:
> 
> Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz with Hyperthreading
> ASUS P4P800 Motherboard
> 3 GB RAM (max 4)
> 2 x 37 GB SCSI drives in RAID 1 configuration
> 2 x Intel Gigabit NIC
> 
> Recently I received a Proliant ML370 with the following specifications:
> 
> Pentium III - 1 Ghz (Has an empty slot for a second processor)
> Max 4 GB RAM
> 2 x 18 GB hot-swappable SCSI drives (can hold up to 6 drives)
> 1 onboard 10/100 NIC
> 
> (Detailed specs here
> http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/10493_div/10493_div.html)
> 
> I guess the only thing that makes me consider the Proliant as a
> possible LTSP server is the fact it can handle 2 processors and so
> should be able to scale better. I'd like to start pushing that the
> school uses the computers more, but I'm worried that the current
> server can't handle such an increased load and will cause problems.
> Am I correct in my thinking or is the current one better than the
> Proliant, or some other option?
> 
> Thanks,
> Joseph
> 
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