[K12OSN] LTSP on same network as Windows

"Terrell Prudé, Jr." microman at cmosnetworks.com
Sat Aug 21 20:32:26 UTC 2004


Yancey B. Jones wrote:

>>TC's (Thin Clients) use a lot of bandwidth between themselves 
>>and their respective LTSP server.
>>
>>You should definitely think about having your TC's on a 
>>separate LAN segment with their server.  The server can act 
>>as a gateway to the rest of the LAN by giving it two NIC's.
>>
>>This will reduce the load on the rest of your LAN by moving 
>>all the TC specific traffic off of it onto this separate 
>>network segment.
>>    
>>
>
>I have installed gigabit switches on each floor with full compliance CAT5E
>cable running to the server room. We are looking at about 50-75 thin clients
>spread throughout the school. I can add separate switches if necessary, I
>just want to make sure that it is necessary before I ask for them. The
>entire network will consist of approximately 100 Windows XP Pro clients for
>students, 50 Windows clients for teachers/staff, and eventually about 75
>thin clients.
>
>The thin clients will be in "clusters" of 3-4 and I am planning on using a
>5-port 10/100 switch at each "cluster" to reduce the number of cable runs.
>This is a price issue as well due to the length of the runs - plenum rated
>cable is pretty expensive compared to a 5-port switch. There will also be a
>thin client lab and 2 windows labs which will each have their own 10/100
>switch with a gigabit uplink to the server room.
>
>So each floor and big lab will have a gigabit uplink to the 2 domain servers
>- Intel Xenon, 1GB RAM, 2x36GB U320 mirrord, 3x75 U320 RAID-5, gigabit LAN.
>I am thinking that the specs for the LTSP server(s) will be dual Xenon, 4GB
>RAM, 2x36GB U320, gigabit LAN. We will install one LTSP server at first,
>when we reach capacity on that one then we will put a second one in. Will a
>need a separate network for each LTSP server or can the be load balanced
>somehow?
>
>Thanks,
>Yancey
>

Do your switches support 802.1Q VLANs and VLAN advertisement (VTP or 
GVRP)? If so, then you might consider using port-based VLANs with your 
K12LTSP setup.

--TP
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