On Sun, 31 Aug 2003, Sawan Gupta wrote: > Hello, > > Thanks for the suggestion. > But we have extra machines that we would like to use as a Network Load > Balancing. > > Currently we cannot arrange to buy a new RAM and also in near future we > will be increasing the number of nodes to 100+. In that case we would > not prefer a single point of failure (I mean a single server). > > What in that case can be done? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Cobler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > 20 users is not a lot especially for such a fast processor. I would > recommend adding more memory (like 1-2 G RAM). > > This would be more cost effective than a separate machine. Load > balancing issues have only come to be of concern when you have 75+ > users. > > Ken Cobler
You need more RAM. You would be better off cannibalising your "extra machines" for their RAM than adding them on the network. Rule of thumb - the server needs 256Meg + (users x 50Meg). You do not even have 256Meg. /After/ you have added more RAM, you can add more machines, with about 1Gig RAM per machine. I NFS-mount home directories off a file server, the file-server also runs an LDAP (authentication) server, and run "X -query", which instead of giving them a login screen, gives them a chooser. A chooser lists all the servers on the network - and shows how busy each of them is - they pick one - usually the lightest loaded one. First - you need more RAM. Cheers, Andy! ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _____________________________________________________________________ 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.freenode.net
