recommendations for multi-user X11

[Jonas Lund]

> I'm setting up a colocated server (not yet procured) as a remote X11
> environment for 10 business users with broadband Internet access.
> It will be their primary work computer, offering a full suite of
> applications.  Graphics-wise, they are not playing video games or watching
> movies but will want to view the occasional YouTube clip.
>
> What are the graphics requirements of X11 in a low-video, multi-user
> environment?
> What do you recommend for hardware?

This sounds quite backwards. First the server would get video from
youtube that's compressed at something like 20-50x and then decode
that on the server to send almost raw video over the remote X session?
I seriously doubt anybody with a even a home broadband access would
enjoy that video.

And to what point? Unless you're giving them personal dummy terminals
they are going to access the remote X desktop from a normal PC. and
that normal pc should itself be able to play the videos.

Now cheaping yourself out on ram sounds quite foolish. All the cpu
power in the world won't help you if it's not spent because the
machine is swapping. And besides, it's not THAT expensive.

I don't know exactly what type of apps your people are using but i
guess the main point of a setup like this is to keep the company
documents,etc on the machine. So at an minimum they might be running
some mail and openoffice client? So a few hundred megs of ram for each
client would be a minium, prolly half a gig or so to be on the safe
side for the future (This only counts in the office app + some tiny
mail client, adjust for other scenarios and test!).

/ Jonas