Don't forget about the possibility of running fat clients. They use more energy and need a fan, but you can build a nice little dual-core machine for a very reasonable price. Here's a very small microATX case for $60. Add a motherboard, a CPU, and RAM, and you have a really small fat client. Which means your server can serve more clients.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7373188&csid=_61 Of course, if your goal is reduced energy and noise, that may leave these out of consideration. Todd On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 9:00 PM, David Burleigh <david.burle...@gmx.com> wrote: > Great, I can get four of them at a good price. Thanks again. > > On Tuesday, July 09, 2013 08:50:14 PM Stéphane Graber wrote: >> I can't remember whether those are the HP thin clients I used a few >> years back but they sure look very similar and those were great. Looking >> at the specs on HP's site everything looks good too, pretty good >> graphics chip and Atom CPU with DDR3. >> >> So yeah, that kind of machine is definitely what I'd recommend for a >> modern LTSP setup. >> >> On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 08:24:40PM -0400, David Burleigh wrote: >> > Will the HP T5740 or T5740E work with LTSP? >> > >> > On Tuesday, July 09, 2013 05:31:43 PM Stéphane Graber wrote: >> > > On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 05:03:08PM -0400, David Burleigh wrote: >> > > > Are the Diskless Workstations J-225 Model ST325E a good value for a >> > > > computer lab running Ubuntu 12.04 and LTSP? I can't seem to find specs >> > > > for them anywhere, but there are several for sale on eBay right now, >> > > > and >> > > > I'm on a tight budget. Any other suggestions are more than welcome. >> > > >> > > I believe those are 533Mhz VIA with 256MB of RAM, there are a few DLW >> > > people on this list who may know better, but if that's the case, I'd >> > > very strongly recommend against using those with Ubuntu 12.04. >> > > >> > > VIA has been having a lot of problems on recent versions of Linux so >> > > unless you have a lot of time to invest tweaking the drivers to in the >> > > end get sub-optimal performance, you really should avoid them (and avoid >> > > the AMD Geode even more if those still exist). >> > > >> > > What you want for a well working 12.04 lab are Atom based thin clients, >> > > most of those are 1.6Ghz with at least 1GB of RAM. If you plan on using >> > > a lot of memory consuming local apps (like firefox), 2GB of RAM is >> > > probably a good idea. >> > > >> > > You can typically find such units for 200-300$ new and possibly quite a >> > > lot cheaper on ebay. Oh, also, stay away from the DELL thin clients with >> > > the SIS chipsets, they're a nightmare. > -- > David Burleigh > ------------ > 828-475-5126 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics > Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics > Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. > Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _____________________________________________________________________ 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
