On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 05:40:28 +0000 Ryan Viljoen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What would you guys suggest in terms of specs for a server, serving > say 50 odd thin clients? > > Probably 2P Opteron with 2 GB to 8 GB main memory. Cpus around 2 GHz. You'll have to calculate the memory needs of each client plus the server's running overhead, and get enough memory to avoid swapping. And most Opteron motherboards come with dual GigE ports, so it's possible to split the clients across the GigE channels. Of course you could go with a 4P Opteron motherboard and only populate the first 2 cpus. Then if the load demands, add cpus and memory. The real downside to this approach is it's really expensive. It might be cheaper to buy two separate 2P servers and split the clients that way if need be, plus it gives a redundant system in case one dies. Why not 4P with dual cores? While they work, the need is i/o and memory bandwidth. 4 sockets does that while 2 sockets and 2 dual-cores cores is only half the bandwidth. Bob - -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
