Case Study

• A firm has a Windows Terminal Server, serving apps for two physical offices. The server is an Intel Q6600 consumer box, maxed out at 8GB RAM.

• How do you handle growth?

• Step 1: build 16-core Opteron box with 64GB RAM Step 2: rm /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules ; /sbin/shutdown -hP now Step 3: swap drive cage into new Opteron box and power on Step 4: bask in the glow of customers who love you