[tech] More PC's/Thin Terms

[Adrian Chadd]

On Fri, Jul 24, 2009, Daniel J. Axtens wrote:

> > Possible options include setting up a new server that mounts /away as
> > /home, or running apps locally like the old blackboxes did, but better
> > done as in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/LTSPFatClients
> 
> Would one of the rack-mounted servers we got recently work as a server?

To be perfectly honest, it'd be much cheaper in the long run to buy
a new server with lots of cheap RAM instead of running the 1ru p4 xeon
servers.

I've got one of them at home. The thing puts out a -ton- of heat.



Adrian