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When we deploy one laptop per child, we must also provide the infrastructure necessary to make
When we deploy one laptop per child, we must also provide the infrastructure necessary to make
these laptops useful. These laptops were never meant to be complete self-sufficient, instead
these laptops useful. These laptops were never meant to be completely self-sufficient. Instead, they require periodic connectivity to centralized services and shared resources.
they require periodic connectivity to centralized services and shared resources.


These persistent services required by OLPC laptops could conceivably be implemented in a fully distributed manner. They are currently provided more economically by a centralized local resource, the school server.
A central component of this infrastructure are services supplied by a local school server.
These are persistent services required by OLPC laptops which, while conceivably implementable in a
fully distributed manner, are more economically provided by a centralized local resource.


The functions provided by this server are open to debate, but at a minimum it provides internet communication and storage resources to the school's wireless mesh.
The functions provided by this server are [XS_Server_Discussion|open to debate]], but [[XS_Server_Services|at a minimum they include]] internet communication and storage resources to the school's wireless mesh.


A single school server is designed to support between thirty and sixty students. An open area
A single school server is designed to support roughly one hundred students. Multiple school servers may be closely located to support larger schools. An open area for discussion is how to combine the management interfaces to support these distributed collections of servers.
of discussion is how several of these are combined to support larger schools.


Currently, the School server is described by these documents:
Currently, the School server is described by these documents:

Revision as of 08:32, 12 February 2007

When we deploy one laptop per child, we must also provide the infrastructure necessary to make these laptops useful. These laptops were never meant to be completely self-sufficient. Instead, they require periodic connectivity to centralized services and shared resources.

These persistent services required by OLPC laptops could conceivably be implemented in a fully distributed manner. They are currently provided more economically by a centralized local resource, the school server.

The functions provided by this server are [XS_Server_Discussion|open to debate]], but at a minimum they include internet communication and storage resources to the school's wireless mesh.

A single school server is designed to support roughly one hundred students. Multiple school servers may be closely located to support larger schools. An open area for discussion is how to combine the management interfaces to support these distributed collections of servers.

Currently, the School server is described by these documents:

See also