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Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] LTSP vs. Embedded Linux OS Thin Client
From: Rob Owens <rob.owens () biochemfluidics ! com>
Date: 2008-06-23 11:41:07
Message-ID: 485F8BD3.9060000 () biochemfluidics ! com
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I spoke to Gideon Romm and Symbio Technologies (www.thesymbiont.com) a
while back and he mentioned having a product that would allow local
booting of a basic operating system, which then provides a remote
connection to a full operating system. I think it was able to use ssh,
VNC, RDP, or NX (and maybe other methods). You could try asking them
about it.
-Rob
Aaron J. Wood wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> Here is my situation. We are a 10 (soon to be 11) store automotive retail
> tire and service company. We currently have our own AS400 at our corporate
> office that runs our point of sale/inventory/accounting system that is
> networked to our retail locations via a dedicated frame relay network (Yuck!
> Hate it! Too slow! Too Expensive!). The point of sale (POS) terminals are
> currently dumb terminals (Computer Labs International ET2000's) that do
> green screen 5250 terminal and printer emulation and connect back to the
> AS400. I am in the process of researching options to provide better
> functionality to our store operators. I would like to have the same
> functionality that we have now (I have looked into tn5250) and add office
> applications, email, and a web browser.
>
> My original idea was to replace the frame network with DSL/Cable internet
> access at each retail location and establish Ipsec VPN tunnels back to the
> corporate router and do PXE boot at the retail locations. Some of you read
> my previous post about PXE booting via a VPN tunnel and thank you for the
> help. Although I did get it to work, the time that it takes to download the
> kernel and mount the file system eliminates it as a viable option. I am not
> sure if reducing the kernel size will help, but it seems that the transfer
> rate over the VPN is just too slow. So I am back to the drawing board.
> Perhaps there is a way to eliminate the VPN tunnel for the boot process. I
> am open to suggestions.
>
> I know that one option is to have a local boot server at each of the 10
> retail stores, but I would like to avoid adding that much hardware. I have
> only recently delved into Linux and am learning things every day. My
> question is about LTSP vs embedded Linux OS thin clients. What are the
> pros/cons of local boot servers and PXE boot thin clients versus Linux OS
> embedded thin clients. Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Aaron J. Wood
> Sun Tire Services, Inc
>
>
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