SunRay User Community:
My experiences are very similar to Garry's: we deployed about 30 SunRay
1G devices in our lab in late 1999. That was when you needed a
dedicated network, no provision for fail over, etc. In a lab where
folks move from station to station all day, the mobility is a big win
and always has been. The Solaris support required is minimal ... and
I'm more of a lab rat than a system administrator. We have the 100
client perpetual license for our SunRay, a support license for our
servers running Solaris 10. I don't even know what that costs ... it's
a small number in most enterprises. I see the purchase orders go by for
another Dell PC for a desktop and the bills for hours of desktop support
... our SunRays don't cost a fraction of that. I've got a shelf full of
spare 1Gs ... and when one occasionally dies, I replace it and I'm good
to go. Zero administration! I like that ...
My only beef: I wish the 1Gs weren't quite that reliable ... I'd like to
have some of the newer SunRays, but with 1Gs still on the shelf, I've
got no need to spend anything further.
I've made a number of stupid decisions over the years ... but going with
SunRays 14 years ago was a smart one that I'm still happy with.
Thanks,
John
On 5/3/2013 8:36 AM, Garry Taylor wrote:
I don't have any experience with the Wyse products, but have used Sun
Ray for many years. We probably have the simplest set up going, a
server, and a few Sun Rays. The server runs Solaris, and we don't use
Windows virtual machines or anything like that.
In this config, I find it hard to believe that anything is as cost
effective as Sun Ray, licensing costs are very, very low. As for TCO,
well that's up for debate, but I find once I get the GUI firmware onto
a Sun Ray, maintenance is over, and they "just work".
Sun Rays don't see that many updates, but I like that, isn't that the
point? That it is an extremely dumb device attached to a very non-dumb
server?
Anyway, great to hear from someone actually at Oracle. I'd love to see
firmware available at no-cost, but Oracle needs to make Sun Ray pay
the bills, I can accept that.
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