RD Con: Blocks VNC (except versions where a "workaround" exists.)
VNC Con: Incompatible with FUS and RD -----Original Message----- From: Feico de Boer (ML) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 6:27 PM To: Mark Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: vnc connects but blank screen (in black) Mark wrote: > How about a short comparison of RDC vs. VNC from the more learned members of > this community? Pro & Cons, etc. War stories (good and bad) welcome! My two cents for what it is worth. Remote Desktop Client: Pros - more responsive - screen updates more reliable - also links resources drives, printers audio and smart cards Cons - cannot connect to console (however, with correct client and W2003 server you can !) - line stays busy (updating) even if window closed - cannot talk to *nix - some applications don't like the sandbox they are in (usually not a problem in console mode) VNC (4.0 free version/Window to windows): Pros - can connect to console even on older systems - can talk to *nix and many others Cons - high cpu usage on server - memory hungry on server with large desktops - screen updates not always reliable - viewer supports Windows specific keys badly - bad (irratic) behaviour on Windows 2003/XP (fast user switching amongst others) My current choice is Remote Desktop client unless I really need access to the console. I also find it very usefull on my Linux servers to keep X desktops open even when I need to shutdown the laptop. In general VNC is suitable for administration work but to slow for production work. I must say that Ultra VNC does a better job there with the mirror display device driver approach. With Ultra VNC responsiveness is almost comparable with Remote Desktop. When it comes to production work, I recently used it a lot to do benchmarks and tests on Windows Server 2003 with Mercury Interactive LoadRunner installed on a Windows 2000 server, I prefer Remote Desktop because it works smoother and hardly ever misses a screen update. And to be honest, where I before was a VNC promotor I'm currently shifting more and more towards Remote Desktop. Regards. Feico _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
