where to use thinclients and diskless workstations
Dear Experts:
Iam working for the construction company as systems manager in head office we have linux server for authentication and all the clients are of windows xp professional and recent purchase are of windows 7 professional as most of them are very much old hence iam planning to replace with the new systems while thinking i got an thought of how Thin clients or the dummy terminals will be useful for us in terms of technology and cost effective can anybody help in giving the information or is it recommended to go for this , what are the pre-requisites for this setup and will it save the cost.
Also we have many projects on multiple locations where 10 to 15 computers will be used in each project until the construction is completed. please help me by deploying the thin clients or dummy terminals will have any advantages.
Thanks in advance.
Iam working for the construction company as systems manager in head office we have linux server for authentication and all the clients are of windows xp professional and recent purchase are of windows 7 professional as most of them are very much old hence iam planning to replace with the new systems while thinking i got an thought of how Thin clients or the dummy terminals will be useful for us in terms of technology and cost effective can anybody help in giving the information or is it recommended to go for this , what are the pre-requisites for this setup and will it save the cost.
Also we have many projects on multiple locations where 10 to 15 computers will be used in each project until the construction is completed. please help me by deploying the thin clients or dummy terminals will have any advantages.
Thanks in advance.
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Thanks for the reply. Sir, we do not have any applications the only requirement for the users are as below mentioned
1. internet explorer (for webmail and ERP ) our erp is of webbased
2. email client like ms outlook
3. ms office
4. pdf
Please recommend the best solution also i head about ncomputing . iam confused which one to go for can you please help me in suggesting the best practice .Please help.
Thanks in advance.
1. internet explorer (for webmail and ERP ) our erp is of webbased
2. email client like ms outlook
3. ms office
4. pdf
Please recommend the best solution also i head about ncomputing . iam confused which one to go for can you please help me in suggesting the best practice .Please help.
Thanks in advance.
ASKER
Sorry for the typo error , I wanted to say Ncomputing.
Also recently we have procured EMC vnxe3100 storage and VMware essential plus this is for your information. please suggest me the best practice.
Also recently we have procured EMC vnxe3100 storage and VMware essential plus this is for your information. please suggest me the best practice.
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take a look into vmware view and Citrix Kaviza
Disadvantages are limited storage so you have to put data on servers and if you need to be able to install apps locally, this can become an issue as well.
A reasonable alternative may be to look at virtualizing your desktops with VDI from vmWare. Desktops are stored and managed at the server level and the device in the field can be anything that can run a LInux client such as an older PC or thin client. There are some potential issues in getting the apps to the device depending on what apps you need, but this can be a very useful solution.