On 2 February 2010 07:53, Kaya Saman <[email protected]> wrote: > On 02/01/10 22:26, Carl Holzhauer wrote: >> >> If you need multiple users, you do not want to use XP; you will need >> Server 03/08 (preferably 08 r2) >>
There is a hack that will allow multiple concurrent sessions on XP Pro SP2 and SP3. http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/06/13/enable-multiple-concurrent-remote-desktop-connections-or-sessions-in-windows-xp/ Read your Windows EULA and figure out the licensing issues for yourself. A certain accounting package is known to run orders of magnitude faster in multi-user mode when all the users are on the same machine and file access is local. >> >> >> > > Thanks for the response, but which way is the best to go for when setting > this up: separate machine, VBox, or something like VMware or Sun Xvm? > > I know this all is dependent on what one's needs are but am after a 'best > practice' if there is such a thing here?? > How many users and virtual machines are we talking about here? For a small setup, VirtualBox is small, fast and easy. > Also I can connect up local printers to Rays too can't I? > Yes, but IMHO network enabled printers are cheap enough and are much more flexible. -- Kind regards, John Francis _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
