[THIN] Re: Hybrid question?
- From: Dogers <dogers@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 11:23:06 +0000
We don't use proper thin client hardware, we just have old PCs, now running
a cut down Linux (http://thinstation.sf.net !) which works great.
Last month I had to remove the last of the 486's, as we managed to wangle a
hardware support contract for them, and the company we got it from wouldn't
support that box :(
So I've stuck a P1 200 in it's place and put the 486 box back in the
cupboard for a rainy day :)
We never actually plan to replace them, we've just got a few boxes of bits
which we'll swap out as and when..
Andrew
On 01/11/05, Nick Smith <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Sorry to be slightly serious, but quick poll; how long do those using
> thin clients expect their hardware to last? Our planning currently
> assumes 7 years, and I know that this is all terribly dependent on what
> you're doing now and in the future, but it would be interesting to know.
>
> Nick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Braebaum, Neil [mailto:Neil.Braebaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 01 November 2005 09:20
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Hybrid question?
>
> Indeed! ;-)
>
> "Hoverboards? They were just a pipe dream, son."
>
> Neil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nick Smith
> > Sent: 31 October 2005 15:58
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Re: Hybrid question?
> >
> > I thought we established last week that Neil lives in the
> > North of england. That they've progressed past water-mills
> > and cotton factories is impressive enough.:)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim Kenzig http://Kenzig.com [mailto:jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 31 October 2005 15:26
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Re: Hybrid question?
> >
> >
> > And are there still dinosaurs and cavemen where you
> > work Neil? ; )
> >
> > "Braebaum, Neil" <Neil.Braebaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Well the 10 year thing may not be so ridiculous.
> >
> > All the Winterms I deployed in the field,
> > dating back to 98, are the original items (a small number may
> > have been replaced - like-for-like by engineers but all are
> > the same model).
> >
> > Up until very recently, I had some of the
> > original server hardware in use. The main reason for
> > decommissioning some of it (and I'm talking about 200 Mhz
> > Pentium Pro server hardware) is simply management costs, and
> > datacentre real estate.
> >
> > But the hardware still works and supports very
> > similar loads to the original implementation. It's only when
> > you increase OS or application demands that things become
> > obsolete. But the investment my company made in the initial
> > end user hardware has not needed replacement. Nor will it
> > likely do, before the implementation is removed. And that
> > won't be far off 10 years.
>
>
>
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