[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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<head>
<title>Frequently Asked Questions</title>
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+<font face="helvetica">
<p align='center'>
-<font face='helvetica'>
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+<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.
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-<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>