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        !           155: <h1>Hardware specification for LON-CAPA servers</h1>
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        !           157: <p><i>Scott Harrison, freeware volunteer, sharrison@sourceforge.net</i><span
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        !           160: <h2><a name="_Toc421867153">General information on LON-CAPA Server Hardware
        !           161: Requirements</a></h2>
        !           162: 
        !           163: <p>For full-time, classroom usage, an adequate LON-CAPA server should be/have: </p>
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        !           176: 
        !           177: <p>A lesser machine can be used for toying around with LON-CAPA (LON-CAPA will
        !           178: run for a single user on most any machine). </p>
        !           179: 
        !           180: <p>LON-CAPA servers experience significant peaks of activity before a homework
        !           181: submission deadline. To support these critical peaks of activity, it is
        !           182: strongly advised that LON-CAPA machines fit the above recommendation. </p>
        !           183: 
        !           184: <p>If thousands of students start accessing the box as a web server... well you
        !           185: may want to consider more options. The design of the LON-CAPA system is to
        !           186: naturally and transparently load-balance on multiple computer clusters. So, a
        !           187: simple solution for running an entire college campus is to just have an adequate
        !           188: plurality of LON-CAPA servers rather than a single, particularly monstrous
        !           189: server. </p>
        !           190: 
        !           191: <p>We like to think of high web server usage as &quot;a good problem&quot;
        !           192: though.... </p>
        !           193: 
        !           194: <h2><a name="_Toc421867154">Additional Information on LON-CAPA Server Hardware
        !           195: Requirements</a></h2>
        !           196: 
        !           197: <p>LON-CAPA works nicely (for development purposes) on a Pentium II, 20
        !           198: gigabytes of hard-disk space, 256M RAM, and 400MHz. The consensus is though,
        !           199: that this may only be adequate for a class of a dozen students. </p>
        !           200: 
        !           201: <p>If you are making a serious investment, you should join the LON-CAPA mailing
        !           202: list by visiting http://mail.lon-capa.org/mailman/listinfo/lon-capa-users. By
        !           203: posting to this mailing list, you can learn about the solutions have worked for
        !           204: others. </p>
        !           205: 
        !           206: <p>LON-CAPA works on any Intel-based RedHat-compatible hardware. Unlike other
        !           207: e-learning software systems, it works comparatively well on dusty old crippled
        !           208: machines without much RAM or processing. </p>
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