Diskless workstations

[Paul Iadonisi]

On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 18:41, Stephen Smoogen wrote:

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> 
> Actually it is the opposite of want I need. The clients are usually
> multi cpu/ large ram machines/ etc with the server being not much at
> all. 
> 
> I think that LTSP servers 90% of most diskless environment needs.. I
> just end up in the 10% where the machines are diskless for programatic
> needs but the work must be done on the workstation (Lets just say a lot
> of the work maxes out a 2-4 CPU workstation.)

  Ah, I see.  So it sounds like a job for openMosix (with node/cpu
affinity), Compaq/HP's SSI, or maybe a customized LTSP config that
creates a really big ramdisk to hold a full OS instead using NFS
mounts.  Hmm, if you use the big ramdisk approach, then it seems like
not so big a change from the usually LTSP config, though I wouldn't call
it LTSP at that point, but instead 'diskless-client' or something
similar.
  I think most of what wrote might still apply.  It could be made as
some config option.  Or even if it's separate, they are related enough
that I might be able work on both.