-----Original Message----- From: The Royal Latin School [SMTP:rbloomfield@royallatin.schoolzone.co.uk] Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 12:27 PM To: suse-linux-uk-schools@suse.com Subject: [suse-linux-uk-schools] New systems
Hi all,
I am the Network Administartor for a large 1500 user network, and next september I will be taking over two new IT suites. These have yet to be filled, and I would like to do it as cheaply as possible, whilst keeping security and stability high. How feasible do you think it is, and am I creating to much work by switching from NT4.0 to SuSE 7.0?
Mentioned before on this list is the Linux Terminal Server Project. We have calculated that workstations can be as cheap as £245 each. This consists of, motherboard, processor, memory, case, monitor, keyboard, and mouse. None of them need to be high spec. On top of this you will need either a boot ROM or a floppy drive and diskette for each station. As 100Mbit NICS are now cheap, I'd highly recommend going for them. For the server, as usual, you should go for as much as you can get. Bear in mind that it is going to be the filesystem for every terminal that it is going to serve. It will also need approx. 8MB of RAM per terminal, plus RAM for applications. The main plus point to the LTSP, is that there is not local filestore which means that there is nothing local for people to break. If the worst happens, and a terminal completely crashes, then you simply turn it off and on again. As someone who manages a 100 user Win95 network, that sounds like heaven to me.
Robb Bloomfield
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