Re: [Ltsp-discuss] advices needed before buying a new server

2010-11-05 Thread James
On Saturday 06 November 2010 01:16:58 ltsp-discuss- requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > > > I'm in the process to update the server of one of my customers. It is a > > > small non-profit company. > > > ... > > > The server will run LTSP (Debian Squeeze) with KDE4 or Gnome > > > + a virtualized

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] /tmp on ramdisk?

2010-11-05 Thread James
On Saturday 06 November 2010 01:16:58 ltsp-discuss- requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > >> With RAM as cheap as it is that is not a tough or expensive thing to do, > >> but does losing everything in /tmp on a reboot cause any problems? > > > > > > > > /tmp is always cleared on a reboot, even if

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] looking for recommendations: best (inexpensive) Thin Client for local apps

2010-11-05 Thread David Burgess
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 4:12 PM, P. Scott DeVos wrote: > I would expect that firefox/flash would run firefox on one core and > npviewer.bin on the other, typically. While looking at youtube on a Windows terminal server I have seen high CPU usage for the xorg (I think) and rdesktop processes on the

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Help! "error: LTSP client installation ended abnormally" (Ubuntu 10.4)

2010-11-05 Thread Anton Vaaranmaa
05.11.2010 22:00, Anton Vaaranmaa kirjoitti: > Running "ltsp-build-client --dist lucid --arch i386" is not successful: > > > > I: Retrieving zlib1g > I: Validating zlib1g > I: Chosen extractor for .deb packages: dpkg-deb > I: Extracting adduser... > I: Extracting base-files... > error: LTSP client

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] looking for recommendations: best (inexpensive) Thin Client for local apps

2010-11-05 Thread P. Scott DeVos
I would expect that firefox/flash would run firefox on one core and npviewer.bin on the other, typically. On Thu, 2010-11-04 at 15:52 -0700, john wrote: > Thank you for this reality check! I wasn't even considering whether > firefox/flash could take advantage of the extra cores. So local apps >

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] advices needed before buying a new server

2010-11-05 Thread Xavier Brochard
Le vendredi 5 novembre 2010 16:38:38, David Burgess a écrit : > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Xavier Brochard wrote: > >> don't force > >> squid to cache over the network, it will be a pretty big bottleneck. > >> Just buy a dedicated disk for squid, with 1 TB drives for less then > >> $100 it's

[Ltsp-discuss] Help! "error: LTSP client installation ended abnormally" (Ubuntu 10.4)

2010-11-05 Thread Anton Vaaranmaa
Running "ltsp-build-client --dist lucid --arch i386" is not successful: I: Retrieving zlib1g I: Validating zlib1g I: Chosen extractor for .deb packages: dpkg-deb I: Extracting adduser... I: Extracting base-files... error: LTSP client installation ended abnormally r...@hp-ltsp:~# I have an Amd 6

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] advices needed before buying a new server

2010-11-05 Thread David Burgess
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Xavier Brochard wrote: > And what about to copy all the system in Ram, like some liveCD does? Interesting idea for the speed demons. It's not something I've ever tried. I once read a forum post from a guy who made a mirrored pair, one member being the root fs, the

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] advices needed before buying a new server

2010-11-05 Thread Xavier Brochard
And what about to copy all the system in Ram, like some liveCD does? Xavier xav...@alternatif.org - 09 54 06 16 26 -- The Next 800 Companies to Lead America's Growth: New Video Whitepaper David G. Thomson, author of the

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] /tmp on ramdisk?

2010-11-05 Thread Xavier Brochard
Le vendredi 5 novembre 2010 18:04:32, David Burgess a écrit : > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Xavier Brochard wrote: > > Le vendredi 5 novembre 2010 03:30:27, David Burgess a écrit : > >> none 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /var/tmp > >> none 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /var

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] advices needed before buying a new server

2010-11-05 Thread David Burgess
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Xavier Brochard wrote: > Does it really increase the speed for loading programs if you are not the > first > user (because of forks and cached programs for next users)? Honestly, I didn't do extensive testing to find out those kinds of things. What I know for su

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] /tmp on ramdisk?

2010-11-05 Thread David Burgess
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Xavier Brochard wrote: > Le vendredi 5 novembre 2010 03:30:27, David Burgess a écrit : >> none                  2.0G     0  2.0G   0% /var/tmp >> none                  2.0G     0  2.0G   0% /var/crash >> none                  2.0G     0  2.0G   0% /var/spool/cups >

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] advices needed before buying a new server

2010-11-05 Thread Xavier Brochard
Le vendredi 5 novembre 2010 16:50:44, David Burgess a écrit : > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Xavier Brochard wrote: > > Do we really need RAid-0 with SSD? OK, something can allways goes wrong, > > but now that the mechanical part (the hard drive) are away, it is > > unlikely to happen (or else

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] /tmp on ramdisk?

2010-11-05 Thread Xavier Brochard
Le vendredi 5 novembre 2010 03:30:27, David Burgess a écrit : > none 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /var/tmp > none 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /var/crash > none 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /var/spool/cups > none 2.0G 564K 2.0G 1% /var/log Why do

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] advices needed before buying a new server

2010-11-05 Thread David Burgess
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Xavier Brochard wrote: > Do we really need RAid-0 with SSD? OK, something can allways goes wrong, but > now that the mechanical part (the hard drive) are away, it is unlikely to > happen (or else we need to mirror the motherboard, the ram, the chipsets, > etc.). S

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] advices needed before buying a new server

2010-11-05 Thread David Burgess
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Xavier Brochard wrote: >> don't force >> squid to cache over the network, it will be a pretty big bottleneck. >> Just buy a dedicated disk for squid, with 1 TB drives for less then >> $100 it's hard to go wrong and you don't really care if it dies.  Just >> drop an

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] advices needed before buying a new server

2010-11-05 Thread Xavier Brochard
Le mercredi 3 novembre 2010 21:17:11, David Burgess a écrit : > On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Xavier Brochard wrote: > That said, it's important to plan for worst > case, and future needs as well. I tend to agree with the Luke in > recommending a 6-core CPU with a second socket for upgrading.

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] advices needed before buying a new server

2010-11-05 Thread Xavier Brochard
Le mercredi 3 novembre 2010 20:58:00, theluketaylor a écrit : > On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Xavier Brochard wrote: > > I'm in the process to update the server of one of my customers. It is a > > small non-profit company. > > ... > > The server will run LTSP (Debian Squeeze) with KDE4 or Gno