[Server-devel] Latest on capacity of the school server

[Tim McNamara]

On 6 July 2010 17:49, Sridhar Dhanapalan <sridhar at laptop.org.au> wrote:

> On 2 July 2010 03:45, David Leeming <david at leeming-consulting.com> wrote:
> > What experience do we have on the latest thinking about the capacity of a
> > single server? Here in Kosrae they have good 24/7 power availability and
> > air-conditioned offices in five of the schools. We can therefore specify
> > powerful machines, even dedicated server models if need be.  If we
> segregate
> > off each of the 24 class groups, would a single powerful machine server
> be
> > able to handle 500 students in 24 classes (courses) simultaneously? (of
> > course in practice that maximum load will rarely occur).
> >
>
> 6) 250-500 XOs: 5-15 APs, XS with dual-core 2GHz+ CPU and 4GB RAM,
> gigabit network. Site issues will be the primary concern.
>
>
> We have reckoned for 30 active XOs per AP.
>
>
Sridhar & others

How do 7200rpm SATA hard drive speeds match up under this much simultaneous
load?

Tim
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