On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 10:20:44PM -0500, Steve Shockley wrote: > Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > >Put one in each classroom and run 100 MB/s to > >the upstream server and configure the desktops to only link at 10 MB/s > > Why force them at 10?
Well, I've never had high-speed internet and I get along just fine. My NFS server was my IBM 486DX4-100 with 32 MB ram and a 10 MB/s ISA card. Worked just fine. What wil the students be doing where they would need more than 10 MB/s each between them and your server? If its between them and the internet, how fast is your internet? I suppose you don't have to limit each desk to 10 and let them fight over the 100 MB/s. I suppose it depends on the application and a desire to avoid a hungry student from bogging down the network. Better to throttle the student's desktop than to throttle the student. :) Doug.
