Hi Gaurav, On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 03:31, Gaurav Prasad wrote: > > hi guys, > > i am working in tech support in a big commercial organization..call center (< >5000 users).....unfornately we are using NT on workstation and >servers...............i am sick and tired of NT bcos of frequent crashes and fact NT >requires army of support professionals to maintain network. > > I was thinking of migrating fully to linux.....but there r some problem
Good thought, you would save a lot of money and be able to manage the network better. > > 1) We got Vb applications we need 2 run at clients You can try Wine, etc. Win4Lin has a terminal server edition and runs most windows applications. Wine is Free and Win4Lin cost 125$ per user + windows licenses. > > 2)GUI should be better or aleast like NT You can use KDE. > > 3)MUST have near 100% uptime Linux run much more stable than Windows NT. > > 4)Speed should be fast In our case the applications on the server seem to run faster than on the client because of the RAM/CPU on the server. > > so i started doing my own r&d, found out thin client architecture is bes BCOS > > 1)Centratlizied administration > > 2)Open source ....its FREE (to delight of finance dept) in comparison with Citirix >Metaframe server which cost a ton > > 3)Enable zero mentaince...admin a reality > > after digging a lot i was able get some ideas > > 1)Use existing computers as beowulf cluster 2 run applications > > 2)to win32\VB programs use wine \ Vmware\or Adavanced Server ???? > > 3)Should nodes should completely diskless or with harddisk .....o???? You don't need hard disks on the nodes, you only need 32-64 MB RAM. > > can I also thinking of using cd to boot and connect 2 server ...with cd having >general purpose applications like kinnopix....and run other process/user sepecific >apps from servers is it possible ????? > > I just designing the whole system......i hope to be able 2 give a complete solution >2 my company in around next 8-12 months > > I want to migrate maximum possible................ABM(Anything but micro$oft)!!!! > > I was MS guy recently but got dissappointed with Ms efficiency and BSD (Blue screen >death)....i fell in love with linux around six months back and still am....but NO >LINUX expert .....can u guys help me????? > > plz give ur views ...whether solutions i thinking upon is correct....and what can be >better solution ...if u have ....ur similar experience u want to share .....and HOW >ABOVE all CAN THIS SOLUTION cCAN WORK IN MISSION CRITICAL >ENVIORMENT.......................... > > thanx in advance > > PaGuX Hope that helps. > > > > U haven't seen the best if u haven't seen > > www.gauravinfo.8k.com > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
