On Sat, October 14, 2006 5:21 am, Debabrata Biswas wrote: > Thanks JK and JL, > from your discussion so far it boils down to: 1) Upgrade LTSP4.2u2 and may > be the main os either of FC5, *buntu, Debians > [ My Linux exploration started way back 1999 with > Slackware then RH, Tryed Mandrake,Knoppix,Busybox but > not yet Debian, FC and Ubntu CD/DVDs came to me]Comfortable with RH RPMs
Please strongly consider RHEL4 or CentOS 4.4 instead of FC5. FC5 will be obsolete in less than 6 months time, Fedora is a very poor choice for a stable server (stable referring to updates needed, not system crashes). > 2) Upgrade to Gigabit Network [mine is mixed coax and > cat5e + switch 10/100mbps ] Definitely get rid of the coax, it's limiting you to 10mb half duplex on that segment. Consider the gb ethernet if your budget will allow but unless you can afford the switch, proper quality wiring and GB NICs (along with clients that can achieve gb speeds) you may not get all the benefits of GB ethernet. > 3) Upgrade the dual core CPU+2Gb RAM and [obvious] a > mobo with high I/O capability. You not seem to consider AMD64. Well as > many > Linux users yes I am looking for solution > with low money supply. I'm sorry if I wasn't clear. I would consider AMD64 hardware an excellent choice for you. A dual processor/dual core Opteron server would be very nice indeed and relatively cheap while providing good I/O and reliability. What I was warning you about is x86_64 Linux. While it performs very well, a lot of proprietary software like the Macromedia Flash plugin and Sun Java web browser plugin *won't work*. Evaluate your software needs before deploying x86_64 and if the proprietary software isn't there, use an i386 32-bit distro instead and plan on eventually upgrading to x86_64. Jay -- Jay Lee Network / Systems Administrator Information Technology Dept. Philadelphia Biblical University -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _____________________________________________________________________ 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
