[tech] More PC's/Thin Terms

James Andrewartha trs80 at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
Fri Jul 24 13:54:31 WST 2009


On Fri, 24 Jul 2009, Adrian Chadd wrote:

> 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.

UCC doesn't pay for power though. Anyway, Frenchie was talking about 
setting one up tonight, I'll probably wander down and have a look as well.

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