[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu in a networked workplace

[Matthew Daubney]

On 17 November 2011 07:03, Andres <andresmp at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On 16/11/11 21:54, Andres wrote:
>> > Curiosity question:
>> > If ubuntu was installed in a company with around 1600 desktops and
>> > laptops that need to be networked with shared server drives and need to
>> > be backed up daily. I guess antivirus and normal security would also be
>> > needed. What would be the boot up time of a computer that normally
>> > takes 5 to 10 minutes to boot up with XP? The servers run on linux,
>> > btw.
>> >
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I've generally found that the reason these kind of installs are slow
is because of the fabric connecting the shared storage. If you're "my
documents", Desktop and etc are hosted on a RAID (I've seen these on a
4 drive RAID 5 for 1000 people.....) then the speed of that RAID and
the fabric to it tend to be massive bottlenecks. I remember my Uni was
hosting all the Desktops for every student on a single 8 bay raid that
was connected to the network by a single GbE connection. Was not
pretty, and 15 minute login times where not fun.

-Matt Daubney