[THIN] Re: Does anyone still remap drives?
- From: "Christopher Wilson" <christofire@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 12:05:12 -0500
Wow, had no idea this topic would engender such a lively discussion. Thanks
for all the replies.
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Joe Shonk <joe.shonk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I don't see how it's any different that training a user to save file to
> their My Documents directory or H:\ Driver or U:\ Drive. For many
> organizations, they don't like the drive remapping feature as it's storing
> company data on a PC that is not backed up and has the potential to be
> compromised. For thin-clients, most thin-clients have a flash drive of
> which the writes are not committed to the c:\. If you allow users to use
> USB thumb drives, that will be a different drive.
>
>
>
> There are a lot of features and functions that come a go with a product.
> IBM was notorious for removing features of a product in place of another.
> Some people could argue that NDS support is useful but Citrix has decided to
> discontinue support for Novell. Also, keep in mind the Windows 2008 will
> also be the last 32-bit Server OS from Microsoft.
>
>
>
> Joe
>
>
>
> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Jim Kenzig http://thin.ms
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 07, 2008 9:34 AM
>
> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN] Re: Does anyone still remap drives?
>
>
>
> Take it easy Joe. Just because you aren't a fan of it doesn't mean it
> isn't useful. And you can't assume that every user has a high level of
> compuer literacy. Remapping removes a LOT of confusion especially when you
> are running on a thin client.
> Jim Kenzig
> Blog: http://www.techblink.com
>
> On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Joe Shonk <joe.shonk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> But at the same time, it costs Citrix money to support and re-engineer this
> feature for 2008. This money could be better spent else ware.
>
> Joe
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
>
> Of Braebaum, Neil
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 9:24 AM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Does anyone still remap drives?
>
> I'd argue that there is - Citrix have been supporting, and perhaps
> encouraging this sort of thing for years. It's a bit previous to yank it
> now.
>
> Personally, I'm ambivalent - I've used it, but I could live without it -
> but all the same, Citrix introduced this functionality, and to a certain
> degree, encouraged it's use.
>
> Neil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Joe Shonk
> Sent: 07 October 2008 17:19
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Does anyone still remap drives?
>
> There is no technical reason as to why Citrix should support it. I've
> never been a fan of it anyways. If the users cannot follow simple
> instruction then the company needs to ask why are they using a computer
> or even why are they employed.
>
> Joe
>
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Jan
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 8:04 AM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Does anyone still remap drives?
>
> Um, why? There is NO technical reason why Citrix should not support it.
> This is a stupid move.
>
> On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Chad Schneider (IT)
> <Chad.M.Schneider@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Technical reason not to remap....coming in XenApp5, remapped drives will
> no longer be supported.
>
> Chad Schneider
> Systems Engineer
> ThedaCare IT
> 920-735-7615
>
>
>
> >>> On 10/7/2008 at 9:45 AM, <tinybeetle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Yep. All of the servers are remapped.
>
> On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Medeiros, Jim
> <Jim.Medeiros@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> It all depends on your environment and what your users will expect. My
> last job I worked we did remap the drives but my current job we don't.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Jim
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Christopher Wilson
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 10:25 AM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Does anyone still remap drives?
>
> Just curious if anyone still remaps drives on Citrix servers. My
> impression is that most people have moved away from the practice. I'm
> designing a new Citrix farm and wondering what the technical reasons are
> not to remap drives.
>
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