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At FPOW I implemented a MS Terminal Server solution for ~20 Web
+ Office 2000 about 8 years ago. At the end of the replacement cycle 4 years
later, we switched back to a full workstation because our users wanted to be
able to do more heavy-duty applications at better speed.
At MPOW the IT group is rolling out thin clients & VDI (also
offering VDI via a web-based server which will allow students to use a
University Desktop (with all site-licensed software) on their own personal
laptop). I believe this is based on VMware (not citrix, not MS) where the only network
traffic is screen rendering and I/O calls… when run on a laptop, this
solution maps local hardware drives as external drives in the VDI interface,
for easy drag & drop ability. The library reference area (30 machines) will
be the campus pilot "thin clients running VDI" installation.
-Aaron
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From: Library NT
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lisa Prolman
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 12:01 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [LIBNT-L] thin clients
Greetings all:
Given
that patrons want more and more computers and my staff has shrunk from 25 full
and part-timers to 13 full and part-timers in the last year, I am searching out
ways to get my patrons more stations without having to spend more time than I
already do on computer maintenance. Thin clients seem like a workable
solution for us as long as I don't spend too much time thinking about how much
it would cost up front.
Anyway,
has anyone done a thin client install over the last few years who can give me
some pointers about what to look for? I have 11 PCs that access the
Internet and offer MS Office (7 in main library, 4 in children's room), 5
catalog computers (3/2), and 2 databases. I know there is an open source
that uses Linux, but I am not all that familiar with Linux and would feel more
comfortable staying with Windows if possible. I would probably keep the
staff PCs fat as I don't want to mess with our circulation network. I
searched the archives for information about this but didn't find anything more
recent than 2004.
Any
and all information is appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Lisa
Prolman
Assistant
Director
Greenfield
Public Library
402
Main Street
Greenfield,
MA 01301
(413)
772-1544
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