[LON-CAPA-cvs] cvs: doc /build faq.html

harris41 lon-capa-cvs@mail.lon-capa.org
Tue, 23 Apr 2002 12:14:45 -0000


harris41		Tue Apr 23 08:14:45 2002 EDT

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  suggesting help.lon-capa.org and filling in answer for "what kind of computer?"
  
  
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 <html>
 <head>
 <title>Frequently Asked Questions</title>
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 <body bgcolor='#ffffff'>
 <!-- preamble start -->
 <br />&nbsp;
+<font face="helvetica">
 <p align='center'>
-<font face='helvetica'>
-<font size='+3'>
+<font size="+3">
 Questions about anything and everything
 </font>
+</p>
+<p>
+Shown below are frequently asked questions others have
+about LON-CAPA installation and system management.  For
+a more complete FAQ, you are strongly encouraged to visit
+<br />
+<font size="+2">
+<a href="http://help.lon-capa.org/">http://help.lon-capa.org/</a>
 </font>
 </p>
+</font>
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 A critical feature of the LON-CAPA interface is the idea that a user
 must select a role before doing anything further inside the educational
 system.
-
 </p>
-<hr />4. <font color='blue'><font size='+1'><a name='q4' />What kind of computer and operating will this work
-on?</font></font>
+<hr />4. <font color='blue'><font size='+1'><a name='q4' />What kind of
+computer and operating will this work on?</font></font>
 <p>
 The operating system LON-CAPA runs on is the Linux operating
 system.  LON-CAPA relies on an Intel-based architecture.
+</p>
+<p>
+For full-time, classroom usage, an adequate LON-CAPA server
+should be/have:
+</p>
+<ul>
+<li>a multiprocessor machine,</li>
+<li>a CPU speed of 1 gigahertz,</li>
+<li>a gigabyte of memory,</li>
+<li>and at least 40 to 80 gigabytes of hard disk space.</li>
+</ul>
+<p>
+A lesser machine can be used for toying around with LON-CAPA
+(LON-CAPA will run for a single user on most any machine).
+</p>
+<p>
+LON-CAPA servers experience significant peaks of activity
+before a homework submission deadline.  To support these critical
+peaks of activity, it is strongly advised that LON-CAPA machines
+fit the above recommendation.
+</p>
+<p>
+If thousands of students start accessing the box as a web server...
+well you may want to consider more options.  The design of the LON-CAPA
+system is to naturally and transparently load-balance on multiple
+computer clusters.  So, a simple solution for running an entire
+college campus is to just have an adequate plurality of LON-CAPA
+servers rather than a single, particularly monstrous server.
+</p>
+<p>
+We like to think of high web server usage as "a good problem" though.. :)
 </p>
 <hr />4a. <font color='blue'><font size='+1'><a name='q4' />Will this work on BSD Unix?</font></font>
 <p>