On Sunday 18 February 2007 01:40, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello Kai, > > > We run Linux with LTSP and W2k3 on the same machines, where w2k3 is > > installed in a VMWare Server. > > VMWare Server - do you mean the free version? > > I don?t have any experience with VMWare, but can I run MS SQL Server in > the free version? > > > Works fine and is a better load balance if all users use > > either x screen or rdesktop screen at the same time. > > This means you use rdesktop to connect to W2K3 which runs in VMWare on > the same machine, right? > > > Having Windows and Linux on different Servers would be ineffective if > > only one OS is used at a time. > > I would only need the other machine to run SQL Server. > The question is now if a professional VMWare software would be more > expensive than an additional W2K3 server running SQL Server and would > provide me the same speed. > > > I suggest to run as much as possible (Internet, Office) on the Linux side > > and use the w2k3 Server only for those applications which are not > > available as Linux-programs. > > I should use VMWare Server to run my windows client application on the > linux machine, which would have a better load balance if I understand > you right. > > Sorry for the basic questions, but im just getting started....
If you need support on your VM then buy it. The free VM will run a normal windows without restriction (multimedia stuff is a limitation not a restriction ie it-cant rather than you-may-not) Now if your SQL app is sql + sql server linux is ideal. It also runs the SQL server well but I don't know if mysql, postgress and MSSQL are compatable at the fine-detail level. That may be an issue. So, as Kai said, linux is ideal for all your apps, except you may need terminal services to run the SQL app in which case a desktop icon that opens the app in a window sounds elegant. The reason to consider multi-servers is performance. The amount of 'work' your servers do dictates how many you need (to do the work) Heck it's easy (practically, not politically :-) to start with 1 server then make more to address the need ie the SQL app or word (OpenOffice, SoftMaker etc) or the number of thin clients supported needs more umph. James PS umph: slang power, or resources ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
