jam wrote: > On Saturday 07 June 2008 03:08:39 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > >> I would like to use LTSP for our Java development team. The primary >> tools/software they use is Eclipse which requires an approx of 500 MB >> memory to run smoothly. >> >> I have a few queries regarding the same: >> 1. Is it a good idea to deploy thin-clients for such usage? >> 2. Is it fine to run such memory hungry apps in an LTSP environment? >> 3. If the above 2 are in the affirmative(yes), then what would be the >> recommended server configuration for 8 such developers using >> thin-clients based on LTSP? >> >> Any help, advise, criticism ;-) in this regard shall be highly appreciated. >> > > > The TCs are a mouse, keyboard and display on your server. > > So the app displayed on the client has nothing to do with the client, cause > the app is running on the server > > EXCEPT some apps cache data (images) on the local X-server (your ThinClient) > eg firefox (and need client memory for this) > > In terms of your team, much of java's bloat (sorry to the faithfull) is > shared > so you won't need 500M per TC user (on the server). I'd start with the usual > 50 or 100 M / TC plus what the server needs then adjust > ie say 10 Clients + 1G needed for the server = 2G. > That seems fair enough. Thanks. > This unleashes the 1G limit of 32 bit OS's. You want to have a 64 bit OS for > your server to handle the memory cleanly. > But aren't 32 bit OS's capable of handling 4G memory. I think after linux kernel 2.3.16 or somewhat later, the kernel too could handle up to 4GB efficiently. So if I breach the 4 GB barrier then I may have to think about a 64 bit OS which might be tricky and may require more effort w.r.t LTSP installation as well as Java and all other supporting apps. > The BigMem solutions have the worst impact with lots of users. With lots of > shared memory it will be better than lots of different but be aware that 64 > may be an issue. > Could you please elaborate on this one? > James
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