Good morning, I implemented a similar setup at our location:
1 Intel i7 core with 12 GB RAM 1 OCZ SSD drive with PCI-express interface (research found it was MUCH faster than the SATA interface). 2 x 1 TB WD Platter SATA drives in mirror RAID configuration for /home -- everything else was mounted on the SSD So far we've got about 20 thin clients running off this machine without a hiccup and the server is not breaking a sweat. I hope that helps! Joseph On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 5:48 AM, Matt Johnson <johnson...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>________________________________ >> From: David Groos <djgr...@gmail.com> >>To: Matt Johnson <johnson...@yahoo.com> >>Cc: "edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" <edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> >>Sent: Thursday, 13 September 2012, 1:49 >>Subject: Re: SSD and magnetic drives: configuration >> >>Hey Mat, I'm thinking an SSD-performance-effect would depend on which >>implementation of ltsp you are thinking: thin client, localapps, fat client. >>However, I can't answer but this would help frame the problem. I would guess >>the smallest benefit would be with fat clients. Would be interesting hearing >>some test results… >> > > > Hi David, > > Good point. I'm going to go ahead and order a new machine to act as our new > server - 128gb SSD, 2tb SATA magnetic drive, 16gb RAM. I'll report my > findings on impact, though as you say, when we install 12.04 on it, I hope to > implement 32 fat clients and 32 thin clients (with remote apps) rather than > our 64 thin client current 10.04 solution. That should deliver some real > improvement in performance as we reduce load from the server - though > performance is really okay at the moment. > > Exciting project! Should be very fast on new and old workstation hardware :) > > Thanks. > > -- > Matt > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users -- edubuntu-users mailing list edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
