On Sun, 19 May 2002 19:01:37 -0400, "Brent Hasty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In our cad department we are building a terminal server per workgroup to
> reduce administration and equipment costs. each terminal being a celeron 333
> with 256 mb and a decent video card, using copper gigabit nics. Going with
> the gigabit we are still money ahead using LTSP rather than building a bunch
> of high powered workstations that only have thier render button pressed a
> couple times a day. The drafters are also learning to watch osview to
> determine the best time to render, after determining the system load from all
> the other useres. Anoter tip is we have the users come in to work and log on
> and off at 1 minuit intervals. Our terminal server is a dual Athlon with
> scsi, and lots of ddr sdram. Our tests so far seem to be good for our 50
> terminals. Not to mention the possiability of the use of mosix here.
>
> For the cost of a decent IDE drive you can get into the world of copper
> gigabit, then the bandwidth limit, you are being cautiond of begins to
> evaporate quickly.
Sounds like you've got the right idea, though a Celeron, believe it or not, is
overkill for this kinda app...though it DOES tend to get you a decent video card if
it's built in. I never saw the day coming when I'd ever see anything that 'wouldn't
obsolete' in this business, until I started enjoying the LTSP. I'm SO GLAD they came
along. and I appreciate all the time and trouble they go to.
But it sounds like you're dead-on with the right mindset for this kinda app;
GoodOnYa! Let me know how it goes. Keep my ICQ number handy in case you need some
help with it. Ya know, my rates are really low for Linux friends. :)
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