Low-cost multi-user Linux terminal server?

webgiant at juno.com webgiant at juno.com
Wed Jul 14 22:36:55 CDT 2004


> As far as the server goes, we recommend 
> that you have 128MB of memory for every 
> person that has access to OpenOffice.org. 
> We have developed methods to accelerate 
> the OO.o launch times and things of that 
> nature but certainly processors with high 
> levels of L2 cache and dual+ processor 
> systems with loads of memory can support 
> as many as 50 users on a 100mb network. 
> In surplus of 50 users, you're talking 
> some fairly behemoth hardware and gigabit 
> backbones to 100Mbit hubs...

So a system which can support 1GB of RAM probably can support three users in a classroom setting 
involving the writing of essays on the computer, but how fast does the processor need to be?  Can I 
install your LTSP solution on a PentiumII-400Mhz system I've installed two 512MB SDRAM DIMMs into?  
Or should the processor be at least 750Mhz to 850Mhz?

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