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http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/WorkInProgress#NX

-Gadi

On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 17:45 -0500, Jim McQuillan wrote:
> On Thu, March 2, 2006 3:45 pm, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-01-03 at 09:05 -0700, Roy Souther wrote:
> >> Sorry for going off topic a bit. I don't think FreeNX is needed for
> >> internal networks using LTSP.
> >
> > I wouldn't be so quick to make that jugdement.  Besides the bandwidth
> > savings, which admittedly on a LAN may not be necessary, NX will save
> > the running session if it's disconnected.  This can be a LIFE SAVER.
> >
> > I've implemented FreeNX and Thinstation for a large trucking company in
> > Ontario.  They're in an area that has frequent power outages during
> > storms.  They have UPSes for a number of fat clients, but now that
> > they're running thin clients, the UPSes are redundant.  If the power
> > does go out, the server keeps running (on a UPS). Everyones' thin
> > clients turn off, but their session is automatically saved.  When the
> > power returns, employees turn on their thin clients, login, and viola,
> > they're reconnected to their sessions as if nothing had happened.  Of
> > course, you can control and instead not automatically reconnect to a
> > saved session, but in most cases, auto reconnect is preferred.
> >
> > XDMCP is great.  But, I think LTSP or Thinstation or whatever, together
> > with FreeNX/NX, is an awesome combination.  And really, why knock the
> > bandwidth savings?  They could help stave off expensive network
> > upgrades.
> 
> 
> Keep in mind, the increased network throughput doesn't come for free.  It
> places a significant load on the server, both in terms of memory
> requirements and cpu requirements.  If you've got the spare horsepower on
> your server to run it, then it's awesome. If not, then you have to decide
> if the increased bandwidth is worth it.
> 
> All in all, I do think that NX is a great technology, and one of these
> days i'm going to spend some time with it and get to know it better.
> 
> Jim McQuillan
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> 
> 
> 
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ranbir
> >
> > --
> > Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu
> > Linux 2.6.15-1.1831_FC4 i686 GNU/Linux
> > 15:35:52 up 2 days, 21:04, 3 users, load average: 0.86, 0.68, 0.47
> >
> >
> >
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