I think the Sun USB redirector talks directly from Windows to DTU i.e. it skips the Solaris/Linux host leg for better performance; I don't think it uses the machine level for VDI. But yes, in theory it is possible for FabulaTech to work the Solaris <-> Windows side of the redirection.
William From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Bullock Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 11:15 AM To: SunRay-Users mailing list Subject: Re: [SunRay-Users] Sunray connector and USB support for Win 2008 True - I wasn't suggesting that Fabula Tech's solution would work directly on a Sun-Ray - only that it is a reasonable thing to have complete USB redirection to a virtualised Windows host. I understand (perhaps I am wrong?) that USB redirection between a Sun Ray and its Solaris/Linux host is already supported by SRSS out of the box (assuming a Solaris/Linux driver for the connected hardware exists) - but that doesn't really help for the 'RDP leg' of the connection to the Windows host. Presumably, with the right business arrangements in place, Fabula Tech (or some other vendor) would be able to leverage their Windows-side experience with USB redirection in the SRSS/SRWC environment as well ... given that the Sun Ray firmware already handles USB redirection between the DTU and the Sun Ray Server. I thought of one other possibility for Sun's USB redirection story - that is their proprietary RDP protocol which interfaces to the VM at a machine level (rather than at the 'Windows session' level). Maybe that's their strategy? regards, David. On 17 March 2010 00:53, William Yang <[email protected]> wrote: I don't think the FabulaTech solution can work on a Sun Ray easily as it is an ultra-thin client. The thin clients it is designed to use with are not as thin; they must run Windows, Linux, or Windows CE on the thin client device, whereas the Sun Ray runs only a firmware. William From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Bullock Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 6:59 AM To: SunRay-Users mailing list Subject: Re: [SunRay-Users] Sunray connector and USB support for Win 2008 On 26 February 2010 10:37, CJ Keist <[email protected]> wrote, without getting a reply: > Does anyone on this list have idea when we could expect USB redirection support for Windows Server 2008? I also would like bit of a roadmap for Windows Vista+/7 USB redirection support (and for completeness, Windows Server OS's too, but that's less pertinent to me). It's one of the main factors limiting the applicability of Sun Ray to many situations. Maybe Sun chose XP because of some of these guesses: * the largest installed base of VDI VM's are XP; * Sun had access to existing technology for XP only; * Microsoft have made it unreasonably difficult to supply USB redirection on Vista+; * Microsoft will probably solve USB redirection in RDP sometime anyhow ... I'm just speculating on all of these points, of course. It would seem that UK-based Fabula Tech have USB redirection for just about every thin-client out there *except* for Sun Ray [1], working for all versions of Windows. I exchanged email with Fabula Tech at one stage, and they were interested in Sun Ray, but seemed to be having trouble coming to grips with how the SRSS/SRWC/Solaris thing worked together. I encouraged them to join a Solaris developer program so they could cheaply access the raw materials, but I guess they didn't successfully engage with Sun on it. (It was nearly a year ago that this exchange took place). Given that Fabula Tech have an alleged product that covers all the bases (I've not tested it or explored its limitations), it seems technically feasible for Sun to develop (or, now that they're owned by Oracle, acquire) a similar capability. [1] http://www.usb-over-network.com/usbnet-solutions/thinclients.html _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
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