New Lab

[Robert Arkiletian]

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Anthony Luscre <mo_luscre at mogadore.net> wrote:
> We currently have 3 LTSP labs running ranging in age from 3 to 6 years old.
> Everything has been way toooooo slow!!! over last 18 months, so we are
> planning on redoing it all.
>
> I am trying to decide on a few items:
>
> What to use for thin (or fat) clients so that Firefox and OO can run fast
> enough to satisfy users. I am thinking of using either the Intel dual core
> Atom D510 & motherboard with 2 GB of RAM or Intel dual core Atom 330 &
> motherboard with 2 GB of RAM (my top budget per client must be under $265
> each and must be new not refurb units according to directive from
> Superintendent and Treasurer)
> Do I need to run fat clients, to get good performance (there will be
> approximately 35 clients per server with Gigabyte switches.
> What do I need server wise? My current newest server is a three year old HP
> Operon Quad processor with 13 GB of RAM.
> What version/distro of software should I install on server, that is stable
> but still has newer features?.

Hi Anthony,

I know this is an ltsp list but if you are going go spend $265 per
client then my advice is get real dual core systems (not atoms) with
2GB ram and use DRBL  Diskless Remote Boot Linux. Everything is local.
You can use your existing Opteron server for all 3 classes. Just use a
raid 10 hardware card (Areca or 3ware) and have 3 GB nics ( one per
classroom) and 1 100Mbps nic to the wan.


-- 
Robert Arkiletian
Eric Hamber Secondary, Vancouver, Canada