Many thanks for the fast and prompt response John!
[...]
Easy way to find out:
Set up one of the existing Windows machines that is running CS4
already to allow remote terminal sessions.
Connect to it using a different machine on the network and any RDP
client (e.g. Windows RDP client, or rdesktop in Linux), and have a
user play around with it and see if it performs acceptably well.
Performance through uttsc on a Sun Ray will be very similar. It may
perform better on a Sun Ray due to RDP->ALP optimisations, but someone
more knowledgeable will need to chime in on that one.
Something to keep in mind though, is that Windows XP, or 2k3 server
will not support 32-bit colour over RDP, so that may affect the look
of thing.
I will definitely have my friend get the user who is in question to play
around with this.
[...]
You're right on the 3D stuff and flash. Don't expect good performance
there. I think it should be fine for standard graphic type work
though.
[...]
Yeah I guess it depends on the user's workload and performance
requirements as I'm not entirely sure on what they do; in a nut shell
though it is graphic design! Just not detailed enough an answer I guess
- definitely more consultation required on this point.
[...]
The Sun Ray clients and the SR server itself will make close to no
difference at all. You only need to concern yourself with the
hardware that will be running the Windows sessions, as well as whether
or not the application is usable over RDP.
Hmm.... so I may even be able to get away with a lower power SRSS server
say single socket dual or quad core CPU.
I am just a bit worried about the SRSS server performance as I don't
know how many user's will be using the system and although a while back
I did actually post about server specs per user and got quite a good
array of responses with highly detailed analogies of what's what. I
think I will have to discuss with my friend further but in real terms I
don't think we will need to go beyond the Sun Fire X2250 server! Even at
full capacity the server is pretty much a hot-rod for a small company of
any sorts....
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