> I have five server that will become a LTSP server, and around 25 to 30 > thin client. > My problem is, what are the best solution to get around this ? > > Put 5-6 client to each server and managed them thru webmin, or doing load > balancing or clustering on the five server for all the client ? I would > prefer to the > load balancing or clustering solution, but anybody have successfully > doing that ? > and any tips and trick so that all the client will see one server only > and one filesystem ?
Hi, I think the simplest solution is going to be MOSIX clustering of the servers. http://www.mosix.org/ If you set up one LTSP server with a mosix kernel and all your applications, then set up the other servers with just a mosix kernel (these could even boot diskless), your users will only ever see one server, but the actual use of memory and processor will be across the multiple machines. I haven't used Mosix for an LTSP server yet, but I use it on two of my office machines and it works well. Another solution we've been discussing a little on the list is to use additional machines as "application servers" so all the logins would happen on a single LTSP server and then users could click icons that spawn programs on the other computers using rsh, or ssh. There are some authentication issue here that I am looking at right now. You need to use xauth with rsh or RSA keys with ssh to keep people from playing with each others displays. I'm going to be playing around with both these scenarios in the next couple of months and I'll keep the list posted. Derek ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
