<div class="gmail_quote">On 6 July 2010 17:49, Sridhar Dhanapalan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sridhar@laptop.org.au">sridhar@laptop.org.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On 2 July 2010 03:45, David Leeming <<a href="mailto:david@leeming-consulting.com">david@leeming-consulting.com</a>> wrote:<br>> What experience do we have on the latest thinking about the capacity of a<br>
> single server? Here in Kosrae they have good 24/7 power availability and<br>
> air-conditioned offices in five of the schools. We can therefore specify<br>
> powerful machines, even dedicated server models if need be. If we segregate<br>
> off each of the 24 class groups, would a single powerful machine server be<br>
> able to handle 500 students in 24 classes (courses) simultaneously? (of<br>
> course in practice that maximum load will rarely occur).<br>
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6) 250-500 XOs: 5-15 APs, XS with dual-core 2GHz+ CPU and 4GB RAM,<br>
gigabit network. Site issues will be the primary concern.<br>
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We have reckoned for 30 active XOs per AP.<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Sridhar & others</div><div><br></div><div>How do 7200rpm SATA hard drive speeds match up under this much simultaneous load?</div><div><br></div><div>Tim</div><div><br></div><div><br>
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