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I am IT for an engineering college and currently we are looking to get at
least 2 new labs as our computers are getting older and I am looking for
options. We have about 25 medium end workstations currently, and each runs
windows XP. I was wondering if it possible, instead of getting all new
workstations, to get 1 or more servers and then buy less expensive
"terminals" for use at the desk? What
would I need to do this, and would it be a better option? We run some very
powerful software, and if this could be done on a few powerful machines, it
would seem better than having more lower quality machines. In addition it
seems it would be nice to only have to apply updates to a few machines
instead of sending out new images whenever software is updated.
What about having a 1 server run 4 (or more) separate
monitor/keyboard/mice...for example, run a single ethernet cable from the
server room to a desk with a M/K/M on it...is this possible? This would be
nice, being able to replace 4 workstations with one server.
One thing that would be tricky would be to still have good graphics for
intensive programs on each individual terminal. If I buy inexpensive
computers then perhaps the quality by just remote desktoping into the server
would not be as nice?
If anybody has experience with this, please tell me where to start
looking...any help is very much appreciated!
least 2 new labs as our computers are getting older and I am looking for
options. We have about 25 medium end workstations currently, and each runs
windows XP. I was wondering if it possible, instead of getting all new
workstations, to get 1 or more servers and then buy less expensive
"terminals" for use at the desk? What
would I need to do this, and would it be a better option? We run some very
powerful software, and if this could be done on a few powerful machines, it
would seem better than having more lower quality machines. In addition it
seems it would be nice to only have to apply updates to a few machines
instead of sending out new images whenever software is updated.
What about having a 1 server run 4 (or more) separate
monitor/keyboard/mice...for example, run a single ethernet cable from the
server room to a desk with a M/K/M on it...is this possible? This would be
nice, being able to replace 4 workstations with one server.
One thing that would be tricky would be to still have good graphics for
intensive programs on each individual terminal. If I buy inexpensive
computers then perhaps the quality by just remote desktoping into the server
would not be as nice?
If anybody has experience with this, please tell me where to start
looking...any help is very much appreciated!