My job computers are all WinNT/2000/XP for the desktops and laptops, WinNT 4 for the servers. I don't trust a webserver to run well in NT period (it can barely run an IRC server for crying out loud). Like I said before, I think the custom client/server model will be the best idea for this situation since I can have a VERY light setup (remember, this stuff is running under Windows). The program will be running on multiple servers, as to avoid blocking up the whole time in order to run all the RPC stuff.
Server specs are something in the order of:
1 dual p3-700 with 1 gig of ram (no problem for this server whatsoever), 1 p2-400 with 128 megs of ram (this one could have problems if bogged down for too long), 1 p2-233 with 256 megs of ram (this one is quite dead if it gets hit with a lot of requests), and 1 p2-233 with 128 megs of ram (if this one also gets hit with too many requests, it will hurt badly).
I always have to keep in mind that there are other services running on these servers. Those services also receive priority over everything else. It sucks that running Windows on these servers takes away a lot of system resources. If I could go back, I would probably have gone the Linux route with directory permissions for each student, along with pushing X sessions down to the client. Of course, the students at my job are computing "n00bs," so it may have been more appropriate to use Windows. Nothing wrong with being a "n00b." We all had to start there sometime.
If anyone is willing to take a look at the RPC code here in the examples zip file (tarball if you're in BSD/Linux) and has any insight into how to restructure the RPC and/or Msg modules to accept OO, please let me know. Maybe I can get there myself, but more than likely not.
As always tilly, you've given me advise that's helpful (even if it's not the solution for world hunger), and I'm thankful for it. If you should come up with any "Einsteinian insight" (as my E&M professor likes to say), please toss it my way.
Thanks,
Theodore Charles III
Network Administrator
Los Angeles Senior High
4650 W. Olympic Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90019
323-937-3210 ext. 224
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