Mandag 14 august 2006 12:52 skrev Alfred: See my comments below.. > I agree with the Two server idea. > But > One) Why make one server Windows? > Better yet make it a clone of the LTSP that can take over if the main > server goes down. > Two) Why use Win4Lin hardware being cheap make this second server have scsi > or fast sata drives that allow for multiple sessions of Windows in vmware > to run without slowing it down? > Over all vmware is free Win4lin is not.
Yes, but in my experience, I applied and received 3 free keys for the VMware server. It works just perfectly well, BUT the keys seem to time out after 30+ days or so?? Or, is it just me :-( > And it works well on linux, real well. > > On Monday 14 August 2006 14:32, Ken Cobler wrote: > > Krishna Murphy wrote: > > > Devraj, Ken, et. al.- > > > > > > I have the same challenge, but I'm utterly confident that QuickBooks > > > will NOT run under Wine - or any other such program. So I'm preparing > > > to install Windows Server 2003 as a virtual machine, then QB on it. My > > > plan is to allow LTSP users, and perhaps other LAN clients, to use a > > > remote desktop connection to the VM, as this box is a dual-processor, > > > dual-core 2 GHz/4 G-RAM heavy lifter with the SMP-enabled 2.6 kernel. > > > I doubt they will even notice any difference in terminal operations > > > when the Winders section is busy, as the TC/QB connections will be > > > sharing a Gbit line out of the enterprise switch, which could be split > > > (if need be) into one each for TCs and QB/local if need be. > > > > VMware gives you the ability to run multiple OS from the same server at > > the same time. Since hardware is relatively cheap, I would suggest > > using two separate servers one for LTSP and one for Windows. Then just > > use rdesktop to point to the Windows server. > > > > If you are only trying to run one application natively (i.e., > > Quickbooks), then look at win4lin.com. It creates a VM for Windows that > > runs on Linux. You can run Windows 2000 and XP applications with > > win4lin. Plus if you only need one or two users to access the Windows > > system, you can get two win4lin licenses (cheaper than Windows 2003 > > license). > > > > Ken Cobler > > > > Med venlig hilsen/Best regards Verner Kjærsgaard ------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _____________________________________________________________________ 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.freenode.net
