On 16/11/11 21:54, Andres wrote:
Curiosity question: If ubuntu was installed in a company with around 1600 desktops and laptops that need to be networked with shared server drives and need to be backed up daily. I guess antivirus and normal security would also be needed. What would be the boot up time of a computer that normally takes 5 to 10 minutes to boot up with XP? The servers run on linux, btw.
Hmmm, that could be down to the age of the machines, the traffic on the network, or maybe if the network drives are hosted on remote servers (we get that where I work, being an international company some of the servers are dotted around Europe or the US and the WAN link is pretty tslow which can cause Windows to hang occasionally or run slow).
It could also be using roaming profiles or applying policies which can slow it down.
It maybe quicker using Ubuntu, but again it could also be slow too.
Would doing a backup still slow the computer down significantly?
I wouldn't have thought so, unless it's maybe trying to heavily compress data on the machine when it's backing up.
The reason i ask is that i found that when turning on my work computer (xp) with out of network the boot up speed increased significantly. And was thinking if this problem would be the same even if switching from xp to linux.
Maybe it's because it's trying to find a server with a slow connection. I find my work laptop running Windows 7 can run like a dog when it boots up or resumes from hibernation if I have the network connected or wifi on while it tries to find servers. If the network is disconnected and the wifi turned off it tends to not try to find the servers and be a bit more responsive.
In my experience with Gnome 2 on Ubuntu I've found that when connecting to a server with a slow connection (such as my home server over a VPN connection) it can in some cases cause Nautilus to hang but the rest of the machine seems pretty responsive.
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