[K12OSN] high-end desktop machine as a server?

[norbert]

robowens at myway.com wrote:

>This topic has been hit upon in some other threads, but I thought it was worthy of it's own.  
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>Can anybody relate their experiences with using a newer desktop machine as their server?  For instance, something like a 2.4 GHz single processor with IDE hard drives.  How many clients can run on such a machine, using apps like OpenOffice, Mozilla, and possibly the GIMP?
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>The school in my town has a computer in each classroom that is for the teacher to use.  These are a year or two old.  I think it would be great to hook a bunch of thin clients to it so that the kids can get in on the action, but I'd like to know what to expect performance-wise before I approach the school about this.
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Hi Rob,

Maybe you're asking the wrong question ...... but here goes anyway;

P-IV 2.4 Ghz with 1.5 Gb mem., 40 GB hD can handle 15 to 20 clients but 
that depends on the applications.

Now if the "teacher" computers can be clustered, this willl depend on 
distance, then 5 such machines could handle 100 clients. The point is we 
need more info on the layout, use and detailed spec on the computers.

good luck
norbert