Well... Mainly just Office and Internet.
Maybe an ACT prep program, and some other misc. stuff. The point is to get the last usable life out of obsolete equipment. I figure I can probably run 20 clients at a time off of a dual core processor with an option for a second proc and 2-4GB ram. The cost savings over buying 20 computers would be enormous. As for the high end apps and the power of the server. Check out how little strain you actually put on your systems. We really have an excess of power in modern equipment. The biggest problem I see is trying to find apps that will run well in a TS environment, but as I understand it that's getting easier. The next hardest, of course, is trying to explain to non-technical people exactly what we are talking about. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pearson, Jeremy Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 11:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [info-tech] Terminal Server Environment? How many clients, and what applications are you considering to deploy in your Terminal Server thoughts? We have thought about that here, but everyone keeps wanting to run such high powered applications that I don't know if Terminal Server could handle it. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richardson,Tony Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 10:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [info-tech] Terminal Server Environment? I also am considering this for the Media Centers here in Humboldt. We currently have individual PCs which cause mixed experiences for the students and often no matter how much you lock them down several fail for one reason or another. Some say that the drawback to terminal services is that if the server fails your out of business. Well if a media center had say 60 PCs in it now you'd probably want a couple of servers for that center anyway for great performance and you'd probably want Gigabit Ethernet. With the redundancy built into servers currently, failure would be extremely rare and TCO would be a lot lower for the school. All apps would be on the servers making them easier to maintain so staffing requirements would be lower. Check into some of the DELL ThinPC Solutions with the Linux PIXIL Thin Client. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kurt McKenney Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 9:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [info-tech] Terminal Server Environment? Ok, I am thinking of setting up a terminal server environment from a 2003 server with Linux clients. Who's had experience in this, and what are your impressions? -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.5/303 - Release Date: 4/6/2006 --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by the schaller-crest.k12.ia.us server.] --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] --------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages from this list can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --------------------------------------------------------- --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by the server02.aea8.k12.ia.us server.] --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] --------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages from this list can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --------------------------------------------------------- --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] --------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages from this list can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --------------------------------------------------------- --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by the schaller-crest.k12.ia.us server.] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.5/303 - Release Date: 4/6/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.5/303 - Release Date: 4/6/2006 --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by the schaller-crest.k12.ia.us server.] --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] --------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages from this list can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------
