Build them.  I put together a i7-6850 based system with 128GB of RAM,

5 4gb drives arranged as a boot drive plus a RAID 10 array, for around $3k, based on an Asus X99A motherboard and with adequate cooling I am able to clock all six cores at 4.3 Ghz completely stable and almost at room temp.

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On Mon, 18 Mar 2019, Paul van der Vlis wrote:

Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 09:42:13 +0100 From: Paul van der Vlis <paul@vandervlis.nl> To: x2go-user@lists.x2go.org Subject: [X2Go-User] Server hardware, memory

Hello,

I think about building a X2go server for about 30 sessions at the same time with XFCE, Firefox, Thunderbird, LibreOffice. Not sure about which hardware to use.

I would say this: 4GB for the system 4GB for shared binaries like Firefox, Thunderbird, LibreOffice 1GB for a user what I would give 4GB on a fat client. 2GB for a power-user what I would give 8GB on a fat client.

When I count on 5 powerusers and 25 normal users I would say 35GB + 8GB =43GB.

Not sure about the shared binaries, is this "per processor"?

I think about a server with 2 processors. I think one processor is enough, but it's not expensive to find a used one with 2 processors and much memory.

I think about running it virtualized with Qemu/KVM/libvirt what also will take some memory. I think 48 GB is a correct RAM size.

Please correct me when I am wrong!

I guess it will be possible to run a server with 16GB with 30 sessions, but it will be "not nice". What is your experience?

With regards, Paul van der Vlis

-- Paul van der Vlis Linux systeembeheer Groningen https://www.vandervlis.nl/

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