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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Hi,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">How much computing power is recommended for a lonBalancer? </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">The machine I currently use is an older single core Pentium running at 3.0 GHz with 4 GB of memory. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">It generally takes 25-30 seconds from the time I press the “Log in” button until I get to the screen where I choose what role I want.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">My worst case scenario seems to be when there is an online quiz and we have 750 students logging in within a 15 minute period. Waiting for the roles screen to appear can be just over 1 minute during this time.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Any suggestions on vendors and/or models is welcome along with suggestions on CPU and memory configurations.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,</p><p class="MsoNormal">
Bob Gonzales</p><p class="MsoNormal">Binghamton University</p><p class="MsoNormal">Chemistry Dept</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>