Dana Ernst wrote: >>> 8GB RAM and at least 4 cores. Get something that runs Linux well. >>> >> How many students are you planning on supporting? (I mean simultaneous >> Sage sessions, where each worksheet open counts as a Sage session). >> > > Initially, I think we would never have more than 25 sessions going at the > same time. However, I'm hopeful that Sage will get used in more and more > classes and that this number will increase over the next couple years. > > >> I think I would budget about 80MB of RAM just for each open Sage >> session. Add another 140MB or so for the Sage server, and another 500MB >> or so for the operating system. Then add up what you need for WebWork, >> etc. Then give yourself *plenty* of cushion (memory is relatively >> cheap---I just looked it up for the Sage server we are setting up at >> Drake, and for us, it's about $35/GB from Newegg). >> > > Ignoring WebWork, etc. and assuming we plan for 25 simultaneous Sage > sessions, anyone feel like taking a wild guess at how much a server would > cost to meet Jason's suggested minimum requirements? I'm trying to get a > sense for what I'm going to have to do to obtain one of these suckers... >
For 25 simultaneous sessions, I'd have a minimum of 3GB of RAM *just* for Sage (not counting operating system, WebWork, etc.). If you're running Sage in a virtual machine (which makes it easy to clean things up if people start getting malicious), then I'd go no less than 4GB for the machine. 8GB would be a lot more comfortable and would leave room for growth. I think 1000-2000 (plus or minus a million dollars :) would buy a good server with those requirements. But your IT guy is the expert there. For Drake, we found an unused server in the computer science side of the department. All I have to do is find/buy the RAM for it now. You might ask around to see if there are any unused servers laying around. Jason -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To post to this group, send email to sage-...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-edu+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu?hl=en.
