[Server-devel] Help on the School_server

[Martin Langhoff]

2008/6/5 eskender andualem <esketchandu at yahoo.com>:
> We are  trying to configure the school server in Ethiopia but we found some
> documents which says we can only support <120 computers with one school
> server and three active antennas.Is it the only capacity which we can
> support with one school server.We have like 2500 students in one school  so
> what can we do?

Hi Eskender,

At the moment the infrastructure (school server and networking) is
sized for schools of more modest sizes. Schools of 2500 students are
perhaps not the best candidates for an early pilot, though we can help
get things going (who's coordinating the pilot over there?).

In general, when dealing with very large schools, the complexities are around

 - Networking - It is very complex to support a client wireless
network with many clients. You will need additional infrastructure
there.

 - Server sizing. The XS can scale up quite well, and a few services
can be split off easily to secondary machines - for example http
proxy.

Depending on the layout of the school, it may make sense to spread the
load across several school servers instead.  We need to know more
about the scenario to help plan things out.

cheers,



m
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