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<p><i>Scott Harrison, freeware volunteer, sharrison@sourceforge.net</i><span
style='font-style:normal'> </span></p>
<h2><a name="_Toc421867153">General information on LON-CAPA Server Hardware
Requirements</a></h2>
<p>For full-time, classroom usage, an adequate LON-CAPA server should be/have: </p>
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<p>A lesser machine can be used for toying around with LON-CAPA (LON-CAPA will
run for a single user on most any machine). </p>
<p>LON-CAPA servers experience significant peaks of activity before a homework
submission deadline. To support these critical peaks of activity, it is
strongly advised that LON-CAPA machines fit the above recommendation. </p>
<p>If thousands of students start accessing the box as a web server... well you
may want to consider more options. The design of the LON-CAPA system is to
naturally and transparently load-balance on multiple computer clusters. So, a
simple solution for running an entire college campus is to just have an adequate
plurality of LON-CAPA servers rather than a single, particularly monstrous
server. </p>
<p>We like to think of high web server usage as "a good problem"
though.... </p>
<h2><a name="_Toc421867154">Additional Information on LON-CAPA Server Hardware
Requirements</a></h2>
<p>LON-CAPA works nicely (for development purposes) on a Pentium II, 20
gigabytes of hard-disk space, 256M RAM, and 400MHz. The consensus is though,
that this may only be adequate for a class of a dozen students. </p>
<p>If you are making a serious investment, you should join the LON-CAPA mailing
list by visiting http://mail.lon-capa.org/mailman/listinfo/lon-capa-users. By
posting to this mailing list, you can learn about the solutions have worked for
others. </p>
<p>LON-CAPA works on any Intel-based RedHat-compatible hardware. Unlike other
e-learning software systems, it works comparatively well on dusty old crippled
machines without much RAM or processing. </p>
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<h1>Hardware specification for LON-CAPA servers</h1> |
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<p><i>Scott Harrison, freeware volunteer, sharrison@sourceforge.net</i><span |
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style='font-style:normal'> </span></p> |
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|
| |
<h2><a name="_Toc421867153">General information on LON-CAPA Server Hardware |
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Requirements</a></h2> |
| |
|
| |
<p>For full-time, classroom usage, an adequate LON-CAPA server should be/have: </p> |
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<ul type=disc> |
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; |
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<p>A lesser machine can be used for toying around with LON-CAPA (LON-CAPA will |
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run for a single user on most any machine). </p> |
| |
|
| |
<p>LON-CAPA servers experience significant peaks of activity before a homework |
| |
submission deadline. To support these critical peaks of activity, it is |
| |
strongly advised that LON-CAPA machines fit the above recommendation. </p> |
| |
|
| |
<p>If thousands of students start accessing the box as a web server... well you |
| |
may want to consider more options. The design of the LON-CAPA system is to |
| |
naturally and transparently load-balance on multiple computer clusters. So, a |
| |
simple solution for running an entire college campus is to just have an adequate |
| |
plurality of LON-CAPA servers rather than a single, particularly monstrous |
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server. </p> |
| |
|
| |
<p>We like to think of high web server usage as "a good problem" |
| |
though.... </p> |
| |
|
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<h2><a name="_Toc421867154">Additional Information on LON-CAPA Server Hardware |
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Requirements</a></h2> |
| |
|
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<p>LON-CAPA works nicely (for development purposes) on a Pentium II, 20 |
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gigabytes of hard-disk space, 256M RAM, and 400MHz. The consensus is though, |
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that this may only be adequate for a class of a dozen students. </p> |
| |
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<p>If you are making a serious investment, you should join the LON-CAPA mailing |
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list by visiting http://mail.lon-capa.org/mailman/listinfo/lon-capa-users. By |
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posting to this mailing list, you can learn about the solutions have worked for |
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others. </p> |
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<p>LON-CAPA works on any Intel-based RedHat-compatible hardware. Unlike other |
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e-learning software systems, it works comparatively well on dusty old crippled |
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