[hblug] recycling older PCs

[Daniel Faulknor]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Adams" <linux_mike at paradise.net.nz>
To: "Hawke's Bay Linux User Group" <hblug at linux.net.nz>
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [hblug] recycling older PCs


> On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:32:45 +1300
> Michael Adams wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:02:35 +1300
>> chris morris wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > > Around 50% that use their computers
>> > > regularly (even for emails) will look at adopting Vista in the
>> > > first year if it is reccomended by the powers that be in
>> > > SeniorNet.
>> > Vista looks like its gonna be a bigger can of worms than XP was when
>> > it was first launched.
>> >
>> > http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/tux-love/2007/01/drm_in_tatters_first_hddvd_rip.html
>> >
>> > http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/tux-love/2007/01/the_longest_suicide_note_in_hi.html
>> > > We could build the servers under Chris's direction. I feel it
>> > > would give us credibility to have someone in the industry in
>> > > charge of this aspect.
>> > >
>> > Sorry Michael - I've had no experience ( yet ) setting up thin
>> > client servers
>> > Others in the Lug may have had..
>>
>> I reckon that you'd be fine. We need a hardware spec to go from. It's
>> just a quick box with two NIC's and no fancy graphics needed. Once
>> you've got a hardware spec, any worries? The OS is just software after
>> that.
>>
>
> Looks like the k12 project server specs are a tad outta date.
> http://k12linux.org/build.html
>
> ;)
>

hehe Id say core2 duo, or xeon for the pcs
2gb ram (should do ok - 128mb per client)
a few hdds in raid 5 (and a mobo that supports that)
Gig lan cards.

But thats the "dream machine" thats listed

We could get away with a p4, but nothing less.