[ale] SWAP over NFS

[laytonjb at charter.net]

I agree with the other responses - run the apps on the server and export the
display back to the clients.

But... if you want to try something different, try using flash memory, SD
card, or what have you, as a swap partition in the client (if your client can
handle it). I'm not sure what the performance will be, but it could be fun to
try and compare to other approaches.

Jeff

---- Chris Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote: 
> I've been doing more playing and got SWAP over NFS to work via Xubuntu
> 7.10 on a machine with 128m of memory
> 
> It is becoming clear to me that to keep up with the latest software like
> firefox and a 64mb or even a 128mb diskless workstation no longer
> exists.  Xubuntu over NFS becomes useless once Xfce fires up.  I've
> watched vmstat in another window and the swap over NFS does work but the
> amount being swapped out is outrageous.
> 
> I guess I could get the box running on an earlier FC disti but what
> about memory hungry firefox?  I think the best thing is that diskless
> workstations have at least 512m of memory.
> 
> Chris
> 
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