Re: [K12OSN] More or less servers?

[Quentin Hartman <qhartman lane k12 or us>]

On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 08:59, Barry Solof wrote:
> a) put one (or two) fast, scsi, ram-heavy costly servers in one location 
> to handle 30+ clients?
> or
> b) put one reasonably quick, ide, ram sufficient cheap server in each 
> classroom (with a cheap switch) for 3 -5 clients?

I would be inclined towards (b) myself in this situation. Another
possibility would be a sort of hybrid solution, using a central server
to store home directories and do authentication, and have the apps
served by servers in each room. This would make everything *seem* like
it was coming from one server, simplify backup, and simplify user
management. However, I don't think it would buy you much if anything in
terms performance or expense.

> The selling point of the one server per room scenario is that the server 
> can easily handle cdroms, usb flash drives, printers, etc.
<snip>
> Finally, if we go with muliple classroom servers, is it ok to use the 
> server as a workstation, too?

There's no reason that I know of to avoid having the server used as a
workstation also. 
-- 
   -Regards-

-Quentin Hartman-

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