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[General] Best practice for remote X (Several questions)
- From: Rikard Johnels <rikjoh@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 15:40:36 +0200
- Message-id: <200409221540.36995.rikjoh@xxxxxxxxx>
Hi all!
I aim to make a "totally silent" work area.
So i am looking into X-terminals.
I plan to make a really powerful machine that i can stuff in a closet or
another room, and then use a multiheaded x-terminal to view/run the apps on.
I have the idea of a Dual CPU "server" and a single CPU "client"
The client can be diskless as far as i have been able to find out.
The only thing it's suppose to do is view the results, all the work is to be
done on the server.
Now the questions:
* Is this a good way of doing it?
Or shall i go for a quiet ordinary workstation? (Complete with disks and
the lots)
* What kind of bandwith will i need?
I was thinking of using a separate network only for this terminal.
The server having two NIC's One for the terminal, and one for the regular
network, to keep the load separate.
* What about sound?
Network sound systems. Are they functional enough?
I probably want to use the SB Live! that i have on the server, and route the
SPDIF signal to the stereo anyway. Can i have both? (Sound on the stereo, and
the terminal)
* Are there any ways of "remoteing" the DVD/CD-rom?
Can i use a DVD/CD at the clients side and have the server use it?
I guess a NFS'd mountpoint on the client could work, but is that really a
good practice?)
--
/Rikard
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Rikard Johnels email : rikjoh@xxxxxxxxx
Web : http://www.rikjoh.com
Mob : +46 735 05 51 01
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I aim to make a "totally silent" work area.
So i am looking into X-terminals.
I plan to make a really powerful machine that i can stuff in a closet or
another room, and then use a multiheaded x-terminal to view/run the apps on.
I have the idea of a Dual CPU "server" and a single CPU "client"
The client can be diskless as far as i have been able to find out.
The only thing it's suppose to do is view the results, all the work is to be
done on the server.
Now the questions:
* Is this a good way of doing it?
Or shall i go for a quiet ordinary workstation? (Complete with disks and
the lots)
* What kind of bandwith will i need?
I was thinking of using a separate network only for this terminal.
The server having two NIC's One for the terminal, and one for the regular
network, to keep the load separate.
* What about sound?
Network sound systems. Are they functional enough?
I probably want to use the SB Live! that i have on the server, and route the
SPDIF signal to the stereo anyway. Can i have both? (Sound on the stereo, and
the terminal)
* Are there any ways of "remoteing" the DVD/CD-rom?
Can i use a DVD/CD at the clients side and have the server use it?
I guess a NFS'd mountpoint on the client could work, but is that really a
good practice?)
--
/Rikard
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Rikard Johnels email : rikjoh@xxxxxxxxx
Web : http://www.rikjoh.com
Mob : +46 735 05 51 01
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