On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:25:22 +0100, Nils Goroll <slink at mcs.de> wrote:
> Solaris can run off the network without the need for any local > disks. The basic concept of "diskless clients" dates back to the > 1990s when Sun built workstations without any disks (SPARCstation [...] > Diskless clients use NFS to access a split Solaris installation: A > dedicated (per diskless client) root filesystem (read-write) and a > shared /usr filesystem (read-only). Besides the advantage that this > concept ensures that many servers use the *same* operating environment > (not just copies of it), diskless client technology centralises patch > and change management and thus allows for efficient and cost effective > management of larger installations - at the expense of more complexity > on the central server (OS-Server). Hmm...I'd thought that most of this is more or less achived by the SunRay technology (without even getting NFS in the way at all) ? that's at least what I'd call a diskless client these days.... --- frankB
