Michael Peligro wrote: > Hello fellow pluggers! > > I have several questions about your actual LTSP setups. > > Do you use OpenOffice for the LTSP workstations?
Yes its running ok but if most of the workstation are connected its getting slower > What other apps do they use? 1. gimp for editing graphics etc. 2. abiword which is like microsoftword 3. Netscape composer for editing webpages for higher grades, and bluefish editor 4. email in netscape messenger 5. etc. > > Do they browse the internet? Yes, we use Netscape and kkonqueror for websurfing > > How many client workstations are attached to the server? 16 workstation diskless > Do you use a hub or a switch? i have switch > What speed does your network run? 10base or 100base? 100base > What are the machine specs of your server (processor, memory, swap space, hard disk >space, etc..). processor = 1,4ghz memory = 1gram swap = 522mb hadisk= 40gb > What are the machine specs of your clients? i have duron 1gz processor 128 of ram i have old diskless ws celeron 230processor 32edo memory all nic are 100base > Is OpenOffice really slow to use? It takes over a minute to load OpenOffice in > my machine while in KDE 3.0.1 desktop. Once loaded, OpenOffice's interface > feels sluggish and slow, as responsive as KDE 2.2 before objprelink. My > machine is a Pentium 733, 128MB RAM, Mandrake 8.2 2.4.18-6mdk kernel. I'm > afraid that OpenOffice will perform much slower on the client LTSP > workstations, and these are AMD-K6-500mhz 128MB RAM. > > These are the reasons why I'm quite unsure in using OpenOffice at the pilot > LTSP we setup in a high school computer lab. AbiWord is light and fast, but > the fonts look stupid, and the feature-set isn't as extensive as OpenOffice. > Will you still recommend OpenOffice over AbiWord? > > Is there any maximum limit as to how many OpenOffice instances are running on > the server? Is the print queue also handled by the server? Are they > responsive to heavy load, like when all clients are opening at least two or > more files per client, and all of them are printing at the same time? > > Do you cluster together application servers? Do you implement openmosix-type > clustering on them, or are they plain LTSP setups? > > Thanks in advance. I hope you can share much information about your actual > setups. I also wish that you won't point me to the LTSP or K12LTSP websites. > I'm very much interested in knowing your actual, working installation, how it > responds to typical heavy-use, especially during peak hours. We can all > benefit from your horror stories and head-bashing accounts. Clustering, i am running web cache the same server with my ltsp server im trying to set this up in different machine in the future. my samba is also installed in my ltsp server which i want to setup also in different machine in the future. Horror stories:) usually i have 24 diskless ws in the lab.... but when all of this are connected to the server, its getting slower and swap are even turning to zero so what i did i just let 16 workstation connects to the server while the rest im using dos keyboarding the for others to used while others are using 16diskless. in my setup im not still quiting of it.. i am aiming 2ghz of processor in my server, 2gb of ram.... and do clustering of web cache, samba, and other tools in different server.. I will keep you update once i have set everything up:) Hope i gave you some ideas:)
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