Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Is it time for LTSP-lite?

2009-03-03 Thread Rob Owens
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 12:52:39PM -0800, john wrote: > Hi all, > > One of the reasons I originally found LTSP compelling was the modest > specs required of the thin clients. Lately I've been feeling like my > flavor of Linux/LTSP (ubuntu) has entered the same kind of systems > requirement arms-ra

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Beware Ethernet Flow Control

2009-03-03 Thread Jason Maas
Hi Alkis, On 3/3/2009 7:43 AM, Άλκης Γεωργόπουλος wrote: > I've started a page in ubuntu wiki for this: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/FlowControl Fantastic! I was hoping someone would get this written up in a wiki. You did a really good job summarizing the situation and what t

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Beware Ethernet Flow Control

2009-03-03 Thread Peter
Hi Keith Play with ethernet flow at your own peril :) There will be a lot of improvements in the future , wait until there is real proof. Andy will pick up on things like that if anyone will in our area. To change the file size, sudo su rezize2fs /dev/md0 no size says it will expand to fill the wh

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Beware Ethernet Flow Control

2009-03-03 Thread Άλκης Γεωργόπουλ ος
Στις 03-03-2009, ημέρα Τρι, και ώρα 14:19 +0200, ο/η Keith έγραψε: > This all sounds awesome. We have Planet switches - no place to adjust flow > contorl. How do I do this with software? We are using Ubuntu 8.10 & LTSP 5? > > - Keith I've started a page in ubuntu wiki for this: https://help.ubun

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Beware Ethernet Flow Control

2009-03-03 Thread Keith
This all sounds awesome. We have Planet switches - no place to adjust flow contorl. How do I do this with software? We are using Ubuntu 8.10 & LTSP 5? - Keith - Original Message - From: "Άλκης Γεωργόπουλος" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:43 AM Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Beware

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Beware Ethernet Flow Control

2009-03-03 Thread Άλκης Γεωργόπουλος
Just reporting that I did a benchmark with flow control = off. Before: speed ~= 90 Mbps After: speed ~= 900 Mbps So upgrading the clients to gigabit isn't really required! A switch with a single (or two, if bonding is used) gigabit ports is enough! :) Thanks Jason, you saved a lot of people a lo