Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Server Benchmarks?

2014-02-08 Thread Jakob Unterwurzacher
On 05.02.2014 19:11, Jeff Siddall wrote: > On 02/05/2014 11:58 AM, Steffen Schaumburg wrote: >> Since the i7 (almost certainly) cannot have ECC memory I'd certainly >> think twice about using that for a server, or for anything else that's >> important for that matter. Google published a study into

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Server Benchmarks?

2014-02-05 Thread Jeff Siddall
On 02/05/2014 11:58 AM, Steffen Schaumburg wrote: > Since the i7 (almost certainly) cannot have ECC memory I'd certainly > think twice about using that for a server, or for anything else that's > important for that matter. Google published a study into memory > reliability and.. well, it's not pret

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Server Benchmarks?

2014-02-05 Thread Steffen Schaumburg
On 05/02/14 02:03, Joseph Bishay wrote: >> IME the best thing you can do for an LTSP server is add RAM. You >> probably don't need it for applications but Linux will take whatever is >> unused and allocate it for cache and buffers, and that all turns into speed. > I've currently got a custom built

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Server Benchmarks?

2014-02-05 Thread Ben Green
Quoting Joseph Bishay : > > I've currently got a custom built i7 tower with 12 GB of ram. The > other server is a HP Proliant with 4 GB but I can of course install > more. The issue is that hardware for the proliant is way more > expensive than the i7 so before I invest in it I wanted an idea i

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Server Benchmarks?

2014-02-04 Thread Joseph Bishay
Hello, On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Jeff Siddall wrote: > On 02/02/2014 08:55 PM, Joseph Bishay wrote: > The issue always comes down to whether the benchmark reflects the things > you care about on your server, and a single number for the system is > almost certainly too general to be meaningf

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Server Benchmarks?

2014-02-04 Thread Jeff Siddall
On 02/02/2014 08:55 PM, Joseph Bishay wrote: > I am trying to determine which of two servers is more suitable for > LTSP deployment. A lot of the benchmarks I've come across were rather > complex to run. One that was recommended to me was this neat little > program called Geekbench. The issue al

[Ltsp-discuss] Server Benchmarks?

2014-02-02 Thread Joseph Bishay
Hello, I hope everyone is doing well today. I am trying to determine which of two servers is more suitable for LTSP deployment. A lot of the benchmarks I've come across were rather complex to run. One that was recommended to me was this neat little program called Geekbench. http://www.primatela