Am Montag, 3. Dezember 2018 schrieb g4sra:
> Some very useful feedback from you guys already, thanks.
>
> Don't forget standard best practices, backups of system and user's data,
> selective updates and security patches must be manually applied
> following proper change control procedures.
>
> The server is RAIDed, the workstations have just a single HDD.
>
>
> To clarify some points raised.
>
> 1) Approx 200 trainees each year, the full course is three years long
> (but class size will be 30 maximum at any one session).
> By year 3... 600 Users. After year 3 the trainees details may be purged
> and resources reclaimed so the server will never have to support more
> than 600 accounts.
>
> 2) The trainees progress is stored in a .subdirectory of their home
> directory by the (annoyingly) proprietary closed source training software.
>
> 3) The trainees cannot be guaranteed to be sat in the same seat at every
> training session. In fact, must move to one of the few workstations with
> a joystick\graphical tablet for specific lessons.
>
> 4) A downed workstation must be easily replaced without loss of trainees
> work.

Hi!

This might be a stupid question, but what kind of solution are you after? Dumb terminals and users home mounted via network is something that worked decades ago. Maybe you know skolelinux (well, it's indected my you-know-what), that could fit the bill right out of the box.

Nik



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