Hi all,
We host Thick Servers and Thin Clients.We had planned a lot with Linux
Servers but now we have to deploy in Windows Server 2003.However, next month
the same deployment is going to be started in Linux(most probably, we will
be getting SLES).
I was checking in Windows Terminal Services and one point hit me directly
and i dont know how we are going to implement in Linux as we havent found a
solution for this till today.
Here is an extract from Microsoft Terminal Service Document,
Terminal Services is a technology that lets users run Microsoft(r)
Windows(r)-based applications on a remote Windows Server 2003-based computer.
In a Terminal Server-based computing environment, all application execution
and data processing occur on the server. In a load balanced environment, a
farm of terminal servers have incoming session connections distributed in a
balanced manner across the servers in the farm. The session directory (SD)
keeps a list of sessions indexed by user name, and allows a user to
reconnect to the terminal server where the user's disconnected session
resides and resume that session.
Now, in Linux, we do have VNC(with several encoding algorithms) and one
problem is solved.What about the Session Management?. We have not got a
simple solution on this. Its like this,
- User logs into the Server
- User gets the login screen and he enters his username and pwd
- Server checks for the last login and saved session
- If any saved session, start the saved session
- If there is no any saved session, start a new session
In Windows we are actually opening Sessions across many Terminal Servers
which are put up in a single Server Cluster with Network Load Balancing
enabled.
I would be happy if people could give me input on the above and I need to
implement this in Linux, mainly Session Management.Somehow, it works
directly in Windows Server 2003 ;(
Thanks.
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C.C.Chakkaradeep,
Novatium Solutions Limited,Chennai.
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