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On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 05:40:28 +0000 |
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Ryan Viljoen <ravilj@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> What would you guys suggest in terms of specs for a server, serving |
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> say 50 odd thin clients? |
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Probably 2P Opteron with 2 GB to 8 GB main memory. Cpus around 2 GHz. |
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You'll have to calculate the memory needs of each client plus the server's running |
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overhead, and get enough memory to avoid swapping. |
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And most Opteron motherboards come with dual GigE ports, so it's possible to |
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split the clients across the GigE channels. |
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Of course you could go with a 4P Opteron motherboard and only populate the |
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first 2 cpus. Then if the load demands, add cpus and memory. The real downside |
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to this approach is it's really expensive. It might be cheaper to buy two separate 2P |
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servers and split the clients that way if need be, plus it gives a redundant system in case |
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one dies. |
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Why not 4P with dual cores? While they work, the need is i/o and memory bandwidth. |
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4 sockets does that while 2 sockets and 2 dual-cores cores is only half the bandwidth. |
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Bob |
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