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Is it ok to install python binaries on a network drive?

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Folks,

for a course I am teaching I thought about following solution to get 
everybody have the same environment: I installed python 3.4 and the 
packages I need (mostly SciPy stuffs) with miniconda (a scientific 
version of pip + virtualenv merged together) on a network folder. The 
students have r+x access to it.

The students will log in on their local machine, add the network folder 
(e.g. /scratch/fabiens_folder/bin/) to their $PATH and everything seems 
to work (I just tried it).

The first "import numpy" takes a bit more time than when the package is 
installed locally, but after the first import it seems to work as expected.

My question is: what will happen when about 20 students will do the same 
at the same time? I know too little about what's going under the hood 
with an "import X" command to be able to predict problems that might occur.

If that matters: the network storage where python is installed and the 
place where the course take place are located in the same university, so 
that the network communication *should* be quite fast.

Thanks for your thoughts,

Fabie

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Is it ok to install python binaries on a network drive? Fabien <fabien.maussion@gmail.com> - 2015-10-28 13:11 +0100
  Re: Is it ok to install python binaries on a network drive? harirammanohar159@gmail.com - 2015-10-29 01:44 -0700
    Re: Is it ok to install python binaries on a network drive? Fabien <fabien.maussion@gmail.com> - 2015-10-29 11:42 +0100
  Re: Is it ok to install python binaries on a network drive? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-10-29 23:07 +1100
    Re: Is it ok to install python binaries on a network drive? Fabien <fabien.maussion@gmail.com> - 2015-11-04 09:39 +0100

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