I can definitely understand that. When we were entirely citrix/wts, we had a handful of 486's and a router at each remote office, and nothing else. However, that gave us a single point of failure, the frame-relay links.
I really liked not having anything of much importance at the remotes and was reluctant to want to put a ltsp server at each one. However, with the remote adminstration capabilities, reliablility , and linux's high tolerance for older, less powerful hardware make it a much smaller issue than with citrix/wts. And, if the frame links go down, anything loaded on the local ltsp server will still run. I have been running this way for over a year, and I wouldnt want to switch back. I usually make one or two trips per year to each remote office, mostly to do preventive maintenance or upgrades. This has been the case with linux or citrix/wts. -Jeff > On Tuesday 16 July 2002 16:04, Jeff Roberts wrote: >> I came to ltsp from a citrix/windows terminal server setup. With ssh, >> vnc, the citrix ICA client for linux and some creativity we have a >> much more reliable and certainly more cost effective system. >> >> You might want to install a small ltsp server at each remote office to >> get the desktops booted up. Then run your apps with vnc or "x over >> ssh". > > The problem here is that the branches are seperated by +- 600km's > We don't want to put in any "intelligent" hardware remotely, because > this could result in : > > a) single point of failure > b) remote management > > But I am still checking things out .. > > -- > Regards, > > ADRIAN SNYMAN > +27 82 600-1211 > +27 11 397-1640 > > /* Beat me, whip me, make me use Windows !! */ > ================== > The views expressed in this email are, unless otherwise stated, those > of the author and not those of Supply Chain Services or its management. > The information in this e-mail is confidential and is intended solely > for the addressee. Access to this e-mail by anyone else is > unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, > copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted in reliance on > this, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Whilst all reasonable steps > are taken to ensure the accuracy and integrity of information and data > transmitted electronically and to preserve the confidentiality thereof, > no liability or responsibility whatsoever is accepted if information or > data is, for whatever reason, corrupted or does not reach its intended > destination. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Jabber - The world's fastest growing real-time communications platform! Don't just IM. Build it in! http://www.jabber.com/osdn/xim _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
