[X2Go-User] Server hardware, memory

[Robert Dinse]

      I run about a dozen virtual machines on it, an apache server, mail,
shell servers.  Might be up to around 50 people at a time.  Some graphical,
some just simple ssh sessions.  Web server averages about 8 hits/second.

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On Tue, 19 Mar 2019, Paul van der Vlis wrote:

> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 10:33:55 +0100
> From: Paul van der Vlis <paul at vandervlis.nl>
> To: Robert Dinse <nanook at eskimo.com>
> Cc: x2go-user at lists.x2go.org
> Subject: Re: [X2Go-User] Server hardware, memory
> 
> Hi Robert,
>
> Op 18-03-19 om 10:16 schreef Robert Dinse:
>>
>>      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.
>
> How many sessions at the same time?
>
> What does "top" say for the load?
>
> Is all of the memory used? Does it swap?
>
> With regards,
> Paul
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>> On Mon, 18 Mar 2019, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
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>>> Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 09:42:13 +0100
>>> From: Paul van der Vlis <paul at vandervlis.nl>
>>> To: x2go-user at 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
>>>
>>>
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