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Benjamin Bach committed Aug 3, 2016
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Clients
^^^^^^^

KA Lite is running as a client on very old desktops and very low-scale
computers. For instance, some deployments are known to use first-gen Raspberry Pi
as desktop computers.
Very old desktops and very low-power computers can be used as client devices to
access KA Lite. For instance, some deployments are known to use first-gen
Raspberry Pi as desktop computers.

We can always recommend doing a practical test, but when you want to do a
It is always a good idea to do a practical test, but when you want to do a
project with KA Lite involved, it's not necessary to scale your hardware because
of KA Lite.

The main concern is that your system needs a video card and driver that can
play the videos. Please note that we serve two sets of videos, the
individual downloads and the bundled torrent with resized videos -- the latter
requires the least from hardware.
play the videos. Please note that we serve two sets of videos, the individual
downloads and the torrent with resized videos -- the latter requires the least
from hardware.

Servers
^^^^^^^
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- ~265GB (full set of English, non-resized videos + partner contents)

If you have a center with less than 30 computers, a device as simple as a
Raspberry Pi is known to work fine.
Raspberry Pi is known to work fine as a server.

.. note:: In case you are deploying on Linux and want an efficient setup, use
the ``ka-lite-raspberry-pi`` package, it doesn't require a specific
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Please note that during the very first run or after upgrades or installation of
new languages, the server has to scan for videos and update its database. If
you have very small devices, this one-time action will require a lot of time.
you have a slower device, this one-time action will require a lot of time.


Getting the videos
------------------

Remember that you need a very fast internet connection to get the initial set of
videos, and that the application itself including English content databases
is ~0.5GB.
is ~500MB.

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