[AuckLUG] Linux Terminal Servers

[Daniel Pittman]

Chilling_Silence <Chilling_Silence at orcon.net.nz> writes:

> So Im there this afternoon and he decided that he wanted OOo right
> there and then.
>
> Ive since learned that the Terminal Server was running on only 1GB
> Ram, trying to hold a current 7 users and he wants to add another 3-5
> :(
>
> 60MB for each OOo running, and they each have the latest Firefox 3
> Beta 5 open (Using the web-based CRM) and it quickly slowed to a
> crawl.

Assuming that your clients are running the same binary then the static
data in the applications will be shared.  It doesn't help that you have
picked two of the most bloated applications available for Linux, but
don't expect to have to allocate a strictly linear volume of memory for
each additional user.

[...]

> Apparently I'll get a bit of a play with the Thinclients etc anyways,
> so I'll see about setting up my own Terminal Server test-lab anyway!

Moving the application out to the end node, using network booting, is
almost certainly worth your while.

Regards,
        Daniel