On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Dima Pasechnik <dimp...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2013-01-23, Jori Mantysalo <jori.mantys...@uta.fi> wrote: >> On Wed, 23 Jan 2013, Dima Pasechnik wrote: >> >>>> How have you installed Sage to computer classes that has windows? The >>>> image is >> >>> I never heard of this. IMHO everyone who taught or teaches using Sage >>> uses Sage servers (run locally; or, even --- a much less stable setup -- >>> *sagenb.org ones); then nothing special needs to be installed on the >>> client machines (well, perhaps a compatible web browser) >>> >>> And indeed, unless you teach Sage development, not merely usage, this >>> suffices. >> >> Because of memory requirements it does not. :=( >> >> There is no problem when students do something on their own. But when ~20 >> of them are sitting at a computer class and trying to do something at the >> same time, we run out of memory. > Check your setup. It could be that you just need to set ulimits > properly, add enough swap... > Think of the load sagenb.org can hold (it's a single machine, you know...),
It's a computer from 2008 with 128GB of RAM and 24 cores... (it's mod.math.washington.edu). > in our experience 30 people per server, with 12GB of RAM, worked OK. > We had a class of over 100 people, sitting in two labs, using 4 > different servers. > > Failing that, get more RAM or run more than one server... > > > >> >> -- >> Jori Mäntysalo >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-support" group. > To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support?hl=en. > > -- William Stein Professor of Mathematics University of Washington http://wstein.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support?hl=en.
