skilled tech in Justin who is not afraid of Linux. I host our Moodle
server on a virtual Linux server on VMware. If you can do your own
Linux server, you can scale the heck out of it. Plus all sorts of
simple performance hacks can be found at Moodle.org.
Alex Inman
Whitfield
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On Jan 17, 2009, at 3:28 AM, "Jim Heynderickx" <jheynder@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi, Karen
>
> We also use Remote Learner for our consulting/support group, and they
> have been good when we have needed them.
>
> We started with an in-house Moodle server, but the 1:1 program in the
> Middle School swamped it most effectively. Basically, the teachers
> wanted to use Moodle with all students in the classroom at the same
> time, for materials, file exchange, and quizzes. If you read the fine
> print, a basic Moodle installation on a Windows 2003 server is more
> suitable for lighter, evening use. If you have more than one
> classroom of students doing something significant on Moodle, like a
> quiz, a slower box will blog down. (At least in our experience...)
>
> We upgraded (with Remote Learner's help) to two Linux servers,
> optimized to run Moodle. One is the database, and the other is the
> processing front end. Since this change,we have one of fastest Moodle
> servers I've used, our usage is almost double what it was last year,
> and there have been no complaints about access speed by classrooms
> (except when our wireless network becomes bogged down by backups or
> other such delights, another work in progress).
>
> After a review, we decided to do an in-house server cluster because
> our students are moving so many files into and out of Moodle,
> including podcasts, digital images, etc. I would have preferred a
> hosted Moodle solution, but we were concerned about Internet bandwidth
> and the cost of ramping up to a dedicated hosted server to meet
> processing needs.
>
> In the near future, I hope to work on creating a single sign-on
> feature in our school web portal, so that once students and teachers
> log in there, they are also authenticated into the Moodle system
> embedded in the school portal.
>
>
> Jim Heynderickx
> Director of Technology
> American School in London
>
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