A small LTSP network setup

[Faisal]

On 14/06/12 06:40, theo.schmidt at wilhelmtux.ch wrote:
> Am 12.06.2012 23:02, wrote Faisal:
> ...
>> I have today found out more about the client machines and they are
>> better than what i expected. I am told they are Celeron dual core 2.4
>> GHz, 2 GB RAM & 40 GB HD. I will pick them up this coming Friday and
>> confirm. If they are as described, then I guess this falls into the
>> "beefy" category below.  The organization is moving soon to another
>> building and that is where the installation will take place so i still
>> have some time to test things.
> ...
>
> Hi Faisal,
>
> I think such machines are a complete overkill for a LTSP setup. One of 
> the main advantages, less use of electricity and resources, is 
> completely negated. With more RAM, each one could easily act as the 
> terminal server!
>
> With such machines, I would instead of LTSP set up a master computer 
> and a system for cloning this to the others, which is done at regular 
> intervals.
>
> I do use LTSP myself and like it a lot, but if you do not have an 
> administrator handy, the school will be completely blocked if there is 
> a problem with the server.
>
> Indeed, without an administrator and with such powerful machines, I 
> would use live images of edubuntu, to run from a read-only partition 
> of the hard disk or from personal USB-sticks of the users. A bit more 
> work setting this up, but afterwards very robust.
>
> Cheers, Theo Schmidt
>
>
Hi Theo,

Based on the the specs that i am told the donated computers will have, i 
agree with you that they can each on their own have a full OS installed 
on each of them and the idea of an LTSP server kind of becomes 
pointless. But i still have not received the computers yet and the specs 
are just what i am told verbally. I am optimistic still, but will know 
for sure when i pick them up tomorrow hopefully.

If they are as well specced then indeed that will give me a few options 
to consider and i take on board all your ideas and suggestions. I will 
keep you posted on how things progress.

Kind regards,
Faisal
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