It sounds like you need thinclient and pxe boot instead of ltsp.
2007/2/17, Martin Miethe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Newsgroup, > > my idea is to use LTSP to boot some 30 diskless clients, maybe > you guys can evaluate my idea if its going to work. > > Right know I have an Linux server which acts as PDC, Fileserver and > later on as LTSP server. > The other server is a W2K3 which runs MS SQL Server and TS. > > After booting Linux on the LTSP, the clients should start rdesktop to > connect to the W2K3 Server where the users can login to do their work in > a familiar windows environment. > > I have basically 5 applications the users should run on the windows > machine: Word, Excel, Thunderbird, Firefox and a SQL Client app. > > As I am going to buy two new servers, my main questions is where > I need to invest most in my servers. Which machine will have the main > load? I know, this is not a hardware NG, but maybe you can give me an idea? > > Right know, the Linux PDC is a P4 , 768 MB RAM. > The Windows Server runs on a P4, 2.4GHZ, 768 MB RAM. > > Or am I wrong and I should invest time to get the apps to run on the > Linux Server (wine + open office)? > > I appreciate the help, > Thanks a lot > M. Miethe > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- Vänliga Hälsningar Mats Lundqvist +4670-513 73 87 (privat) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _____________________________________________________________________ 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
