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Re: [PLUG] XFree 4.0 - multiheading
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On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Michael W. Ryan wrote:
> Once again, what effect are you trying to acheive? Remember, putting
> three times the work on one third of the CPU and RAM isn't necessarily an
> improvement. :)
The effect I'm trying to achieve is multiple full (monitor/keyboard/mouse)
independant interfaces connected to one machine.
In my searches, I found someone commenting that this could be done through
USB (hooking up multiple keyboards) -- didn't occur to me since I've never
used usb, or even seen it used.
As for putting 3 times the work on...
PIII 550
128mb RAM
4.3gb HD (assuming network storage)
no monitor
48x cdrom
$978.00
plus about $200 per person for monitors & keyboards ?
This is basically http://www.dell.com/us/en/bsd/offers/offer_offer8.htm w/
128mb ram instead of 64mb.
Do you really think this machine would have a problem running 3 X servers
for 3 people simultaneously ?
And the biggest reason I think this would work is efficient CPU usage.
On mainframes (fat server, very thin client), CPU usage is pretty
consistant. You've got a large number of users hitting it at a pretty
stable level.
With typical current workstations (fat client, thin server), your CPU
spends most of it's time probably averaging about 2% usage, peaking to 98%
or something briefly when you do something like start an app.
So if you increase the computers power, and spread out its usage among
several people, its use will be much more efficient.
On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Michael W. Ryan wrote:
> BTW, I think I may've come across more negative than I intended. You
> might be onto a good idea, but you need to clarify what you're trying to
> acheive.
I think I'm growing used to this kind of reaction :)
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