[THIN] Re: thin client deployment in a school
- From: Rick Mack <ulrich.mack@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:17:33 +1000
Hi Puneet,
I'm the greatest fan of terminal services around and I've done lots of
successful school terminal server rollouts. I've even got our developers to
produce freeware utilities so you can run stuff like AutoCAD multi-user on
terminal services.
But 150 students isn't a lot of students and stuff like Maya, 3D Max etc is
going to need some really hefty compute power (read GPUs) for rendering that
you're not going to get in a shared environment, either terminal services or
VDI. By all means use thin clients and put the compute power back in the
computer room but don't even think about doing this stuff on either a pure
terminals ervices or VDI solution unless you like pain.
Worst case I'd be tempted to go for a mix of VDI and PC blades and since the
apps aren't OpenGL you're going to have to seriously consider using
something like HP's RGS protocol which can deliver 3D applications,
multimedia etc. I'd use HP's T5730 thin clients provided you can get a good
price and you'll have a brilliant 3D application delivery system. The only
gotcha with RGS is that the video resolution and colour depth are limited to
the maximum console video capabilities. That means VMware is out (1180x885)
for VDI and you're left with something like Hyper-V (1600x1200) or maybe
some other Xen-based hypervisor to get decent screen resolution.
Of course if we're talking PC blades it wouldn't be fair not to mention
Panologic and Teradici in particular because their solutions are pretty darn
good for 3D applications (and just about anything else).
Citrix provisioning server has a possible place but if you're using PC
blades there may be less expensive solutions out there.
regards,
Rick
--
Ulrich Mack
Quest Software
Provision Networks Division
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Puneet Goel <g.puneet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have to deply thin client in a school for around 150 students. They
> will be working on advanced IT apps like 3D Max, Maya, Autocad,
> Photoshop, Oracle, SQL.
>
> can anyone guide me in finalizing server requirements for them.
>
> thanks
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