[K12OSN] K12LTSP Server Specs

[robert pogson]

I find AMD64 works really well. It handles lots of processes and I/O. I was
using AMD64 X2 3800 last year and there was no noticeable load with 30
users. Everyone felt like they had total control. I think AMD's on-chip
memory controller is better than Intel's off-chip bottleneck.

The important thing for a good terminal server is plenty of RAM.
Fortunately, prices are low this year. You want a minimum of 50 MB per user
+ some for the OS and sercices. This year I run my lab of 24 seats with 2 gB
just fine with an old Xeon. It is maxed out with 100 mbits/s (my bottleneck)
because my new networking stuff has not arrived yet.

It is a great time to use LTSP with the prices of gigabit/CPU/RAM/storage
all very low.
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