Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LDM2 update, thoughts about multiple login hosts.

[Jim K. <ji...@wi...>]

On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:50:41 -0400, Francis Giraldeau wrote
> Jim Kronebusch a écrit :
> >> LDM_SERVER could be a space separated list of hosts.  Something
> >> like
> >>
> >> LDM_SERVER="192.168.0.254 192.168.0.253 192.168.0.252"
> >>
> >> Or, names, if the administrator sets things up in the
> >> chroot for /etc/hosts and/or resolve.conf.

> Is there anything that other way that have been suggested are not
> fulfill your expectations?

I think Scott's proposal would work perfect.  I really like the idea of being able to
handle fqdn's instead of only IP's.  Also the option of letting the server handle load
balancing instead of only manual selection via a list would be great.  This sort of
decision is best left to the experts and it sounds like it is in good hands.  I am sure
whatever the solution is it will be great.  I have also seen suggestions for ordering
list based on the least used server so that if you clicked a drop down for the list the
least used server would be the one at the top or the default.  

Is there a way keep an ssh connection to the servers and query stats to determine usage,
say check the amount of users logged in and to only build the list based of servers that
have a current ssh connection?  If a server went down the ssh would break and the user
amount would not be able to be queried so the server would not be added into the list. 
Then make the default server the one with the least amount of logged in users?

I don't know much about how this would or does work, but if there was an constant ssh
connection between servers could this also be a way to collect data to help apps such as
Student Control Panel or TeacherTool better manage users across multiple servers?

At the risk of sounding even more uneducated on this topic I'll stop typing :-)

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