[Ltsp-discuss] Are 64 bit clients "better" than 32 bit clients?

2011-01-21 Thread john
Hi all, Is there any advantage to running 64 bit clients with 64 bit ltsp images? The current version of Ubuntu Lucid AMD64 is a bit broken in its handling of local usb devices. I can revert to 32 bit images but I was wondering why the differences are in terms of thin client functionality (assumin

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Are 64 bit clients "better" than 32 bit clients?

2011-01-27 Thread john
No really, I mean it. What's the advantage of running 64 bit clients if you have a 64 bit server? :-) John On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 11:57 AM, john wrote: > Hi all, > > Is there any advantage to running 64 bit clients with 64 bit ltsp > images? The current version of Ubuntu Lucid AMD64 is a bit br

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Are 64 bit clients "better" than 32 bit clients?

2011-01-27 Thread Jeff Siddall
On 01/27/2011 08:25 PM, john wrote: > No really, I mean it. What's the advantage of running 64 bit clients > if you have a 64 bit server? > :-) I can only think of a couple of advantages: 1. Minute performance benefit 2. Common package repository for both server + client I can think of some disa

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Are 64 bit clients "better" than 32 bit clients?

2011-01-27 Thread James
On Friday 28 January 2011 09:25:25 ltsp-discuss-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > No really, I mean it. What's the advantage of running 64 bit clients > if you have a 64 bit server? > > :-) > > John > > On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 11:57 AM, john wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Is there any advant

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Are 64 bit clients "better" than 32 bit clients?

2011-01-28 Thread john
Hi James, > > In general I would say avoid 64 bit unless you know you want it. In general > make your servers 64 bit. > > James Thanks for your reply. I do run the 64 bit image on the server and have 64 bit clients. It seemed easy to just run them in 64 bit mode, except for the fact that some thin

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Are 64 bit clients "better" than 32 bit clients?

2011-01-29 Thread Ben Green
Quoting "Jeff Siddall" : I can think of some disadvantages though: 1. Not being able to run clients with 32 bit CPUs It's possible to maintain 2 different chroot environments, one for 32-bit clients and one for 64-bit. Obvious to some, but thought I should point that out for clarity - ha

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Are 64 bit clients "better" than 32 bit clients?

2011-04-04 Thread Ben Green
Quoting James : > > In general I would say avoid 64 bit unless you know you want it. In general > make your servers 64 bit. There have not been many published benchmarks of what sort of improvements you are likely to get with 64-bit clients. This was published today, so I'm adding to this thr

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Are 64 bit clients "better" than 32 bit clients?

2011-04-04 Thread Jam
On Monday, April 04, 2011 10:46:57 PM ltsp-discuss- requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > > In general I would say avoid 64 bit unless you know you want it. In > > general make your servers 64 bit. > > There have not been many published benchmarks of what sort of > improvements you are likely t

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Are 64 bit clients "better" than 32 bit clients?

2011-04-04 Thread Ben Green
Quoting Jam : The benchmarks are quite the wrong sort of benchmarks to test an LTSP server, so I opine that 64 bit servers are significantly better. Which would be appropriate do you think? Cheers, == From Ben Green pgpxaWBqNyZdZ.pgp Description: PGP Digital Signature -

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Are 64 bit clients "better" than 32 bit clients?

2011-04-09 Thread Jam
On Saturday, April 09, 2011 05:47:04 AM ltsp-discuss- requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > > The benchmarks are quite the wrong sort of benchmarks to test an LTSP > > server, so I opine that 64 bit servers are significantly better. > > Which would be appropriate do you think? Actually I've not

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Are 64 bit clients "better" than 32 bit clients?

2011-04-11 Thread Ben Green
Quoting Jam : On Saturday, April 09, 2011 05:47:04 AM ltsp-discuss- requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > The benchmarks are quite the wrong sort of benchmarks to test an LTSP > server, so I opine that 64 bit servers are significantly better. Which would be appropriate do you think? Actuall