just my 2 cents ---- Jeff Meidinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like to get more information about using SunRays with a Windows > backend. The approach I'm interested in would use Solaris 9, SRSS3.0, > and Windows 2003 Server on the backend to provide Windows apps like > Office, etc. I would like to use rDesktop to connect instead of Citrix. > I have the following issues/concerns/questions: >
> 1. How is load balancing and resource management handled for the Windows > end? I know that SRSS handles load balancing for the sunray clients but > without Citrix, how is this handled from the Windows side? It seems to > me that the Windows server will also handle less users without some of > the Citrix resource management qualities, is there any way to handle > that with rDesktop or Terminal Services? i didn't termianl services without citrix had a load balancing component.. but in anycase for a cheapy workaround i've had the app on two windows server and make the icon the sunray user clicks on have a bit of logic in it to alternate which TS server it launches off.. to my mind the citrix load balancing component is the best way to do. feel free to correct me :) > 2. Is there any way to publish a single app instead of the whole Windows > environment? Can Windows Terminal Services handle this? or rDesktop? > well you can point rdesktop to a particular exe on the windows box i thought.. > 3. Is there an alternative to rDesktop and Citrix that may work? > > 4. Can anyone offer some gotchas that I should be looking out for when > it comes to this kind of implementation? Does it sounds like I've > understood the architecture properly? in this sort of architecture depending on what your publishign your Citrix / TS apps as (e.g. anonynous etc, authenticated) is synching up the list of users on the sunrays to the windows server and ensuring they have the same home directory (if that is a requirement) and shared areas to save files into. to that end there's various solutions ranging from microsoft's services for unix (nfs and nis from windows server), active directory extension for unix auth through to samba on the sun box and have the TS servers log in to that .. etc etc.. several different ways depending on various factors... hope there's somethign useful there for you :) > btw, I'd like the Windows the run on a Sun AMD box as well. > > Any information is greatly appreciated, > > Jeff > > -- > Jeff Meidinger > Myra Systems Corp. > 2200 - 200 Granville St. > Vancouver, BC V6C 1S4 > Phone: 604-688-1719 ext.152 > Fax: 604-688-1702 > Cell: 604-771-7074 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.Myra.com > > NOTE: This message is confidential and may not be disclosed to anyone without the express written consent of the sender. > > _______________________________________________ > SunRay-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users > _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
