Some culprits in the past:
- https://docs.moodle.org/en/Using_slash_arguments
- Apache open_basedir restriction, read https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=198116
Visvanath Ratnaweera
Posts made by Visvanath Ratnaweera
Moodle in English -> General developer forum -> Help for a desperate -> Re: Help for a desperate
by Visvanath Ratnaweera -
Hi
> The problem is I have gotten so confused among the thousands of pages trying to find something I'm rather lost with all of this.
Doesn't surprise me. Noticed that you joined moodle.org only yesterday!
So it all depends on how long the company can wait or how much resources it wants to put to accelerate the process. You'll find specialized know-how with Moodle Partners. If you want a second opinion, you can advertise on http://moodle.org/jobs/.
> The problem is I have gotten so confused among the thousands of pages trying to find something I'm rather lost with all of this.
Doesn't surprise me. Noticed that you joined moodle.org only yesterday!
So it all depends on how long the company can wait or how much resources it wants to put to accelerate the process. You'll find specialized know-how with Moodle Partners. If you want a second opinion, you can advertise on http://moodle.org/jobs/.
Moodle in English -> Hardware and performance -> moodle for digital exam for about 70 students -> Re: moodle for digital exam for about 70 students
by Visvanath Ratnaweera -
Hi
You wrote:
> I would appreciate if you could give me the essential points that should be considered in this system (Cpu,Ram .....) .
I thought, I was doing exactly that! I have no more ideas short of you shipping me the server.
You wrote:
> I would appreciate if you could give me the essential points that should be considered in this system (Cpu,Ram .....) .
I thought, I was doing exactly that! I have no more ideas short of you shipping me the server.
Moodle in English -> Hardware and performance -> moodle for digital exam for about 70 students -> Re: moodle for digital exam for about 70 students
by Visvanath Ratnaweera -
Hi
Need for a separate server: You conduct a "high-stake" exam in one big hall which needs to be isolated from everything, including the Internet. There is a LAN in the hall and obviously the server needs to be in the LAN. Is that right?
CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2660 0 @ 2.20GHz
This is a very good server grade CPU, according to https://ark.intel.com/products/64584/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-2660-20M-Cache-2-20-GHz-8-00-GT-s-Intel-QPI- But then you need to see 16 threads in your /proc/cpuinfo. The output you included shows only 2. Why?
RAM: Is it still the same 2 GB? That is an insult for an 8 core / 16 thread CPU!
Disk system: ??? A SSD drive will send the server flying. If you have lot of RAM you can compensate a spinning disk.
With all that corrections, your server has good chances, I would say. But as already said, trial runs are absolute must. Monitor the server carefully during those trials (and during the real exam too). The worry here is that your Prof. wants to give the start command to the whole crowd, there by everybody will hit the exam button, not considering the fact that each candidate has his own clock!
Need for a separate server: You conduct a "high-stake" exam in one big hall which needs to be isolated from everything, including the Internet. There is a LAN in the hall and obviously the server needs to be in the LAN. Is that right?
CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2660 0 @ 2.20GHz
This is a very good server grade CPU, according to https://ark.intel.com/products/64584/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-2660-20M-Cache-2-20-GHz-8-00-GT-s-Intel-QPI- But then you need to see 16 threads in your /proc/cpuinfo. The output you included shows only 2. Why?
RAM: Is it still the same 2 GB? That is an insult for an 8 core / 16 thread CPU!
Disk system: ??? A SSD drive will send the server flying. If you have lot of RAM you can compensate a spinning disk.
With all that corrections, your server has good chances, I would say. But as already said, trial runs are absolute must. Monitor the server carefully during those trials (and during the real exam too). The worry here is that your Prof. wants to give the start command to the whole crowd, there by everybody will hit the exam button, not considering the fact that each candidate has his own clock!
Moodle in English -> Quiz -> SEB (Safe Exam Browser) Pros & Cons -> Re: Google for Education vs Free Software and open standards: Pros & Cons
by Visvanath Ratnaweera -
Auuch! This is a nightmare come true.
I won't discuss it here in the Quiz forum - way too off topic. But thanks for the alert!
I won't discuss it here in the Quiz forum - way too off topic. But thanks for the alert!