> Message: 13 > From: Tim Wilson <wilson at visi.com> > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 21:28:14 -0600 > Subject: [TCLUG] [OT] performance of SGI Indigo2s as diskless workstations > Reply-To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > Hi everyone, > > I know there are some SGI employees and afficionados on the list so I > thought I would ask for some input on this question. > > I have an opportunity to get approximately 30 Indigo2 diskless workstations > and a tricked out Indigo2 workstation to use as a server. I'm curious to > know if the performance would be generally acceptable. Here are more > detailed specs: > > *(30) SGI Indigo2 workstations w/ 150 or 200 MHz processor, 96MB or 128 MB > RAM, diskless, XZ, Elan, or Extreme Graphics, keyboard, mouse > * (1) SGI Indigo2 workstation w/ 175 MHz R10000 CPU, 256 MB RAM, 9GB H.D., > Solid Impact graphics, keyboard, mouse, configured as server for diskless > workstations > * (31) Sun 17" GDM17E10 monitors > > What do you think? What do you want to run on them -- IRIX or Linux? Linux would probably be a little adventurous, but possible. I forget offhand, though, if it will run graphics hardware on other than the Indy -- how it was for a long time. I seem to recall someone on debian-mips talking about video cards on and Indigo2, though. Something to checkout. When you say diskless workstations, I guess I wonder what you want them to be doing. If you want 'em to be a web browser, etc., then they're fine -- some things will be a little slow, but (if you get the graphics working) they render *really* fast -- at least my Indy does (similar graphics.) I'd say probably a thing to go for. Check the debian-mips pages, I guess. Or run IRIX. HTH, P -- "To misattribute a quote is unforgivable." -- Anonymous