If you're doing Linux and want to put up with some non 64-bit apps, I'd
recommend Opteron 2xx or better, running Fedora x86-64/Win4Lin and NX
server. This way, clients don't need to know squat in order to connect
cause the NX client is much easier to install and configure than Cywin.
And yes, I've done it both ways, prefer NX by a long shot.
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Rowling, Jill wrote:
Yes, a Sun SMP hardware with x86 card(s) might do the job.
The main feature would be a very fast TCP stack, with the x86 part handled
by the cards.
You could always have it looked-at in something like the Sun iForce centre
or the Securedata Fishbowl (if they still exist - Securedata got taken over
recently I think by Dimension Data).
Linux should run OK on the SMP box but I'm not sure if they have ported
their x86 processor switching to Linux. Might have to be Solaris.
Either way you will need a fair bit of RAM and maybe a couple of SPARC CPUs.
Last time I used an x86 offload engine it was pretty slow.
Another option is to go Opteron, which will emulate x86.
Anyway, talk to them, not to me - I have not dealt with any of the above
companies for anything like what you want.
Cheers,
Jill
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