thin client setup performance
Tristan Rex Santiago
Hingi po ako ng feedback 'bout sa thin-client setup using thin-client hardware like hp, wyse, ncomputing, etc. Meron na po ba nakapagdeploy or gumagamit ng ganung setup? Kindly advise if advantageous or disadvantageous po yun sa classroom setup with maximum of 20 workstation. Plan po namin mag-expand ng additional computer lab.
Many thanks,
Tristan
eric pareja
Sorry for the super late reply. But I hope that this is just in time.
Before considering a thin-client setup, remember that one of the
limiting factors when deploying thin clients is that they require a
WIRED network.
You should also evaluate the cost of each thin-client complete with
keyboard, mouse and monitor, along with any additional hardware
required on your server (additional RAM or CPU power for every number
of thin clients served). The performance of the thin clients will be
dependent on a) your network speed and your switch, b) the power of
your server. You want have as much RAM on your server as is possible
to avoid swapping out to disk.
I am not sure about the responsiveness of a 20 thin client farm will
be though. I haven't encountered that large a deployment yet.
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Tristan Rex Santiago
We received proposals from different companies and the basic cost for a single set is about Php9K, a huge cut from the cost of a desktop pc. Budget wise, the original plan of setting up a single classroom with 20 workstations was doubled to 2 classrooms because of that. Performance wise, we're just optimistic that all the good things that's said about thin-clients in articles and whitepapers from the web are true.
Hope to see you soon,
Tristan
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What os would you run on the server and on the client?
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Tristan Rex Santiago
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Or is this a completely independent install of an OS to the client coming from the server?
eric pareja
using PXE or bootp or dhcp.
VNC requires an OS to run on and is independent of the OS of the server.
2011/2/8 <alvin....@gmail.com>:
> Thanks Tristan. Is this the same as vnc?
>
> Or is this a completely independent install of an OS to the client coming
> from the server?
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eric pareja
How much does that cost per seat?
And how far can the USB cables extend?
It will also remove the requirement of LAN equipment.
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 12:10 PM, rvcris <rvc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I apologize for cross posting.
> I am currently using a multiseat configuration using USB to connect a
> stateless client to a single computer described here:
> http://knol.google.com/k/rene-crisostomo/usb-multiseat-on-ubuntu-9-04/1eidlx5lwnq88/2#
> A stateless client is a seat composed of a display, keyboard and mouse
> connected to a USB docking station (USB hub and VGA to USB converter). The
> data rate of USB 2.0 is 480 Mbits/s. It can accommodate 5 seats for a
> dual-core processor and 10 seats for a quad-core level processors. The
> typical multiseat configuration is described here:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiseat_configuration
> This is also called 'zero client' as opposed to 'thin client'. It has
> significant impact on hardware cost, energy consumption and system
> maintenance. Besides, this technology is also open source. Thanks.
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