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> On Apr 23, 2023, at 1:24 AM, Russell Standish <li...@hpcoders.com.au> wrote: > > I would say it rather depends on how it is implemented. Is it a command line > driven app, a web server, an X-window app, etc? Each of these has rather > different resource requirements. > > As a single data point, we had a Sun 4 server running SunOS support >> 1600 user accounts doing email over a command line client. The email > queue had several thousand emails in it at any one time, but obn the > whole it coped. I don't believe any email was lost. > > For reference, the sparc processor in a sun 4 was roughly equivalent > to a 486 at about 50MHz, with about 64MB of memory. > > So your PC at 30 times the power should easily be able to handle that > load - if CLI, and even probably for a web application. > > Cheers > >> On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 08:43:50PM -0600, Roger Critchlow wrote: >> I would expect that it should be able to do it. >> >> It should also be able to produce a log of all keystrokes and mouse events >> received and processed. >> >> An audit laptop would be able to independently sniff the keystroke and mouse >> events off the LAN and verify that the log from the test scoring machine >> matches the events sent by the test taker machines. It could also detect >> interference on the LAN during the test session. >> >> -- rec -- >> >> On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 11:46 AM Sarbajit Roy <sroy...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Thanks Gary >> >> The question is this -- "Can a Pentium server at 1.5 GhZ with 4 GB RAM >> running a proprietary Linux OS service 125 PCs on a LAN during an a >> competitive exam and very reliably record every keystroke and mouse click >> of each of these 125 examinees. The same server is simultaneously also >> disiplaying a unique exam on screen for each examinee where the sequence >> of >> questions is jumbled and the answer options are jumbled for each examinee. >> >> I am being flooded just now with complaints of a recent very prestigious >> online exam in India where candidates all over India are saying their >> answers have not been properly recorded. This is not the first time >> similar complaints have come for this exam. >> >> Also these local servers usually run Windows, but for this exam the exam >> vendor loads his proprietary Linux OS as a dual boot along with his own >> application software. >> >> Sarbajit >> >> On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 10:52 PM Gary Schiltz <g...@naturesvisualarts.com> >> wrote: >> >> Just my opinion, but I believe Linux is generally well suited for any >> server task. Especially on older and slower hardware >> >> On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 11:42 AM Sarbajit Roy <sroy...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hi Friamers >> >> Can any guide me if a Pentium PC server at 1,.5 GhZ with 4 GB RAM >> on a Linux version is capable of doing a certain task very >> reliably >> ? >> >> As it is a confidential thing, please message me directly. 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