I contacted virtual Bridges for information on their win4sol
product. They were very quick to get back to me. I was provided a download
copy of Win4sol Pro. I installed it on a Ultra20m2 running Solaris 10 11/06.
They provide two package installs, one is a standard X86 32bit, and amd64. I
installed the amd64 package since I am running a Ultra20. The instructions
provided are excellent. I was able to build the XP Pro image (20GB), and
install the image to a user in less than an hour.
I set up the /winsol/local.setings file to run XP in "maximized"
mode, the performance is excellent. I went to Youtube and ran a couple of
video clips, there was barely any lag with video. Audio was good but had a
few noise spikes noted. Using the Xserver instead of RDP for Windows makes a
big difference. I ran mpstat and saw very little cpu usage. I was able to
lock up win4sol once, but I am not sure what I did. For the most part
win4sol is solid for a pre-release.
My next test is to load the Sun Ray server software on my Ultra20
and test performance. I will post my results. Win4sol is not in release yet,
infact they are still working on pricing. The target audience is Vmware and
Terminal server users. I really like the concept, because it would be
interesting to see a 4600m2 running Solaris, SRSS, and win4sol all on one
box. This would really reduce the TCO.
Sorry for the Rambling
Incognito Dave
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