[LON-CAPA-admin] RE: LON-CAPA-admin digest, Vol 1 #24 - 1 msg

[Ron Fox]

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I may be completely wrong but it seems to me the specs you give are
probably more like what you'd like a library server to be.  The
access servers may not need quite the oomph.  
RF

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>    1. Production access server specs (Ray Batchelor)
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> From: Ray Batchelor <batchelo at sfu.ca>
> Organization: SFU
> To: lon-capa-admin at mail.lon-capa.org
> Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 15:49:42 -0700
> Subject: [LON-CAPA-admin] Production access server specs
> Reply-To: lon-capa-admin at mail.lon-capa.org
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> Hi,
>     We are in the process of determining what access server 
> computers we need 
> to purchase to  complement our present, lone, library server.  
> 
> Any current recommendations about hardware specs would be welcome. 
> 
> The library server, purchased in April 2001, has 
> dual 1Ghz cpu; 1GB mem;  3x 18.2GB SCSI/ Raid 4L.
> 
> We are currently considering 2 access machines with:  dual 2.4GHz 
> cpu; 4GB 
> mem; Raid 1 with 2 SCSI disks (mirroring...not sure whether this 
> is necessary 
> but suspect that the increased cost might be relatively small
> compared to  potential benefit).
> 
> We are currently running Loncapa adequately for 400 
> student*courses with a 
> maximum of 110 sharing  a common due time. We propose to increase
> this to  2000 with  potentially 1000+ sharing a common due
> time.....
> 
> Cheers,
> Ray
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