>Yes, you can run on a much smaller server. That example is
>for a company who has 110 terminals.
>If you want only 20 to 25 terminals, you could go with a much
>smaller server, but it really depends on the applications that
>you are using.
Actually for 20-25 users the stated machine doesn't seem outrageous to me.
If anything you can skimp on the processors, but *KEEP* the RAM. I've
run a 10 node network on a dual PII-300, but oodle of RAM. Except when
someone did some immense process (printing a 300 page Star Office
presentation) performance was quite good. This is with fast hardware
RAID. I'd image that IDE would kill you dead in such an application.
>I strongly recommend going with a lightweight window manager.
>Maybe Icewm or Qvwm. You will be able to run more workstations
>with less server horsepower.
Or it you need GNOME (which isn't really that bad), remove the truly
obnoxious applets for monitoring CPU, memory, network traffic, etc...
Users love these 'cause they look cool, but they constantly poll the
system and a bunch of them can eat up real processor time.
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