Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 13 Jun 2003 21:30:34 +0100 | From | John Bradford <> | Subject | Re: Real multi-user linux |
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> > So, instead of trying to add more and more terminals to a single box, > > you could stick with four-headed X servers, which would probably be > > more scalable.
> The biggest limitation is the PCI bus. Only so many cards can go in. I > guess you could fill the machine up with graphics cards and go with > external USB audio and TV tuner cards. One to match each graphics card.
No need:
A single machine can support four displays, keyboards, and mice easily. We can use such machines as X servers for four people. Each one can be connected via Ethernet to the Linux supercomputer. That way you get the cost advantages of the multi-headed setup, with the scalability of the X server setup. I think you could scale to 64 or 128 users like that.
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