On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, John McCreesh wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Jun 2002 16:17:14 +0200
> "Martin Dvorsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'd like to find some users of LTSP with Linux for zSeries, can you
> > just share with me your experience? Many thanks.
I have looked into the idea. As far as I can tell at this point, the
obvious advantages are good ones. However, the following to disadvantages
should be considered.
1. Most commercial vendors of desktop applications for Linux write only
for i386. This will limit an already limited application
space. You could use OpenOffice but GPL'd PDF viewers are not currently
up to par with Adobe's Acrobat reader. You could mitigate a few utilities
like that by running them on the client. Other larger apps might require
i386 server racks alongside the mainframe. However, these could still be
integrated seemlessly on the users' desktops.
2. LTSP is not well adapted for the enterpise from a networking point of
view. It uses DHCP to provide important parameters such as the image to
boot on the clients. LTSP is well adapted and tested for workgroups on a
single subnet. It's best to keep it that way for the sake of bandwidth,
unless you are using compression of some sort. What impact would it
otherwise have on overall network architectures?
I would easily count LTSP as the best of thin-client models today for
various well-known reasons on this list, but not much thought or work has
into adaptations for the enterprise (yet).
It's one of my personal goals to try and figure this out over the next
year. Unfortunately, I am just a software engineer and a programmer.
This will take serious consultation with a network engineer. My skills
are more rudamentary in that area.
What do you have in mind, though? I am very curious?
Matthew
> >
> > S pozdravem / Best Regards
> >
> > Martin Dvorsky
>
> Using the zSeries as a server or as a client?
Sure, a big zSeries LTSP client on every desk.. I've gotta go--can't stop
laughing.. How about a wireless zSeries PDA?
Matthew
>
> John
>
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