Lørdag 15. august 2009, skrev José "L. Redrejo" Rodríguez: > Local Apps is a LTSP, with thin clients where some applications can > be run by the thin client instead of by the server.
This was one of the major design wins when making LTSP 5 with Diskless. > We're using it in Extremadura to run the web browser when flash is > used and to run the vlc client when a video broadcast is launch to > the classroom by the teacher. So: it's a thin client, boots like a > thin client, the users login in a thin client, but for some > applications, LTSP has a mechanism to run the applications in the > thin client instead of running it in the server. Thank you for explaining this :) > That way we: > a) avoid all the buggy/awful/bad programmed/shitty/[put any of your > opinions about flash here] web pages with flash animations collapse > the LTSP server cpu when they need 100% of a computer cpu > b) multimedia works perfectly using broadcast with high quality > videos from the ltsp server to the thin clients and the thin clients > decode the streaming by themselves. This solves the browser plugin hell and the problem with network saturation. Given skilful design of the network with 2Gbit/s network card on the server side connected to 24 port 100 Mbit/s switch, I guess you could run 48 thin clients with moderate video and flash quality -- given that each switch got an 2Gbit/s input. Can you confirm or refuse this claim José, since it's really useful info when recommending network configuration for different client alternatives in schools :) Best regards Knut Yrvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
