Good morning! Last February we moved our whole installation program on to a SuSE 7.3/LTSP solution. Our math since then show over a 40% reduction in initial costs, like hardware and licensing. The hidden savings come partly from the reduced administration, but mainly from increased uptime and fewer support visits. The actual savings are closer to 60% in the long run. We have almost 80 LTSP networks deployed now, and have only had one non pebcak crash.
Have a great day! Kyle On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 16:34:00 +0800 Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all folks, > > I am preparing a feasibility report of a Terminal Server project (diskless > networking) in comparison with conventional networking project served with > M$ workstations and M$ server, highlighting the advantage of the former > with figures in support. The same shall form the base trying to convince > the owner of a private school to turn away from M$. Hoping that some folks > on the list can inject some input and comment. > > Thanks in advance. > > Stephen Liu > > Rmark: value to be filled in later > ======================= > > COMPARISON > CONVENTIONAL NETWORKING VS DISKLESS NETWORKING > Case Study: Investment for 10 new workstations, conventional computer VS > diskless workstations > Date: > > > CONVENTIONAL NETWORKING > > 1) Server > Spec Price > Pentium IV 2 Ghz > Motherboard with built-in Video card and NIC > Memory (RAM) DDR266, 1GB > HDD 40 GB > CD Writer 40X 12X 40X > FDD 3.5' > Monitor 15' > Keyboard > PS/2 Mouse > Case > > Licence fee Windows 2000, Advanced Server > MS Office 2000 > Adobe PhotoShop 7 > Norton System Work 2002 > Roxio CD Easy Creator 5 > Total > > > 2) Conventional workstation > Spec Price > Pentium IV 1 Ghz > Motherboard with built-in Video card and NIC > Memory (RAM) DDR266, 128 MB > HDD 30 GB > CDRom 52X > FDD 3.5' > Monitor 15' > Keyboard > PS/2 Mouse > Case > > Licence fee Windows 2000 > MS Office 2000 > Adobe PhotoShop 7 > Norton System Work 2002 > Total > > 3) Installation cost > a) Server 1 unit > b) Workstations 10 units > > 4) Maintenance cost > a) Server one Engineer/month > b) Workstations one Technician/month > > 5) Running cost > Electricity per month > > > DISKLESS NETWORKING > > 1) Server > Spec Price > Pentium IV 2 Ghz > Motherboard with built-in Video card and NIC > Memory (RAM) DDR266, 1GB > HDD 40 GB > CD Writer 40X 12X 40X > FDD 3.5' > Monitor 15' > Keyboard > PS/2 Mouse > Case > > Licence fee Linux Nil > OpenOffice Nil > Gimp Nil > Iptables Nil > KOnCD Nil > Total > > 2) Diskless workstation > Spec Price > Pentium P II Cel 600 Hz > Motherboard with built-in Video card > Memory (RAM) SD133, 64 MB > HDD not required Nil > FDD 3.5' > Ethernet card (NIC) with boot ROM > Monitor 15' > Keyboard > PS/2 Mouse > Case > > Software installation not required > Total > > 3) Installation cost > a) Server 1 unit > b) Workstations 10 units > > 4) Maintenance cost > a) Server one Engineer/month > b) Workstations to be covered by the Engineer > > 5) Running cost > Electricity per month > (heat generated will reduce resulting in less air > conditioning consumpted) > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: To learn the basics of securing > your web site with SSL, click here to get a FREE TRIAL of a Thawte > Server Certificate: http://www.gothawte.com/rd524.html > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Battle your brains against the best in the Thawte Crypto Challenge. Be the first to crack the code - register now: http://www.gothawte.com/rd521.html _____________________________________________________________________ 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 ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _____________________________________________________________________ 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
