Your feedback is much appreciated

Mon Sagullo ramonsagullo at yahoo.com
Sat Jun 16 00:46:48 BST 2007



Greetings!


 


I intend
to use Edubuntu in our new computer lab. 
Through this list, I found my way to www.eway.com 's site. And one of
the units described in their web site (see below) "sounds" like a
reasonable system as a thin client.  Of
course, I will have to include the cost of shipping these units, assuming these
are “decent” specs for a thin client that could last for at least 3 years, before it gets "too slow" for newer  release of Edubuntu down the road.


 


My
primary objetives, hardware-wise, is to have thin clients that are "


 


            1. Low power consumption


            2. “Quick enough" to run
Edubuntu and most of its included programs


            3. Boot from LAN


            4. Sturdy and easy to maintain


 


I happen
to live in a country with one of the highest cost of electricity per watt
,exactly why I am also proposing to our Board of Trustees that for lower cost
in operating expense, to use 15-inch Flat LCD monitors.


 


My
proposed server is an HP Proliant ML 110 G4 (Single Dual-Core Xeon Processor
1.86, with 2Gig of RAM) to handle 40 planned thin client per server. A couple
of Linksys 24-port router to handle the traffic.


 


1. Could
anyone of you be so kind enough to share your idea on what I am planning to do?



 


2. Aside
from being "good enough" (assuming these specs are), any idea if this
set-up could "last" for at least the next three years, before a
distro of Edubuntu starts requiring more computing horsepower?


 


3. Also,
is it possible to boot from WAN, using Edubuntu?


 


 


Ramon
"Mon" M. Sagullo


 


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from
www.eway.com


            


BASIC
SPECIFICATIONS:


 


TK Tiny
800Mhz Fanless System Spec:


Thin:
17x12.4x3.8cm(6.7x4.9x1.5") (IDE Flash)


Thick:
17x12.4x5.8cm(6.7x4.9x2.3") (Disk/Flash)


CPU: VIA EDEN N Nano Fanless
800Mhz


Chipset:
VIA CLE266 chipset and VT8235


BIOS:
AMI BIOS - Boot from disk, USB, network


RAM:
Onboard 256MB DDR266 standard


VGA VIA
UniChrome 2D/3D Graphics Mpeg2


Video
Display: 8/16/32 MB shared memory


Video
Resolution 1280x1024 @32 bpp (85Hz)


LCD mode
1280 x 1024 @32 bpp (85Hz)


LAN:
VT6103 10/100 Base-T Chip


Remote
Boot ROM built-in function - PXE etc


 


My first
choice and locally available here in my country is:



 





 
  
  Intel
  Celeron D Processor 326 2.53GHz

  
 
 
  
  ASUS
  P5P800-VM

  
 
 
  
  256MB
  PC400 DDR SDRAM

  
 






 
 

Ramon "Mon" M. Sagullo
Speak your truth kindly, if you must.
Humbly respect other's truth.
But never compromise your truth.


 





       
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