Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 15:36:46 +0100 From: Axel Scheepers <axel@axel.truedestiny.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: remote x-win boot requirements Message-ID: <20011222153646.B1512@mars.thuis>
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Hi All,
I'm building a prototype of what eventually will be a server to remotely boot
100-250 clients using netboot.
I made one before but that was for only 10 clients and didn't do the x-windows
startup. Can anyone point out some nice starting points of my memory/cpu
requirements of the server and how to implement the x-windows startup ?
I was thinking of something like this:
Dual Athlon 1500
1Gb Mem
500Gb Disk array for the remote data
Couple of DLT drives for backup (maybe something else..don't know yet)
1Gb Swap
19-39MB for the base install
Client:
Intel Celeron/Cheap Athlon
64MB Mem
3-com NIC with Bootrom
This is just a quick count but I think it will be enough for about 150 clients.
Has anyone ever build something like this before and encountered some serious
problems ?
Furthermore I'm curious if I can share a lot of data between the clients (
x-win and netscape etc.) I planned to do the following:
/
/remote
/remote/10.0.0.1
..
/remote/10.0.0.200
with, of course the neccesary things in it like /bin /etc etc..
Any help is appreciated
Thanks,
--
Axel Scheepers
UNIX System Administrator
email: axel@axel.truedestiny.net
ascheepers@vianetworks.nl
http://axel.truedestiny.net/~axel
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