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Does this essentially work like a remote desktop? Are mouse and keyboard commands sent over the network to the server, the server does the processing and sends

by latch 15y ago

Does this essentially work like a remote desktop? Are mouse and keyboard commands sent over the network to the server, the server does the processing and sends images back back to the monitor to display. (which might not even by how RD works, but it's how it works in my mind).

TobbenTM 15y ago
Looks like it. Would think you'd need a hefty server to run alot of theese monitors.. It's like, not even a wyse..
- sp332 15y ago
  My computer lab in high school had a nice beefy terminal server, but when you turned on 20 clients, it could take about 20 seconds to type a sentence in Word. That was back in 2000 though, so the same amount of money now will get you about 10x more processing power and network bandwidth.
  - rbanffy 15y ago
    So, now it will take 2 seconds to type a sentence ;-) Actually, it's more likely they will run 200 clients per box...
thaumaturgy 15y ago
Yes and no. RDP does most of the processing on the server, but still uses a local processor on the workstation for rendering graphics, communicating with the server, and so on. This looks like a custom protocol for VMWare systems (see also http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/learningresources/mobilecomputing/faq.html http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/learningresources/mobilec...); it's too early to tell if it will see wide adoption or not. A clear downside is the extra horsepower that will be needed on the server; the upside is that you won't have to mess about with PxE booting or the like. It's definitely the right time for this stuff, though. We've been working on a project in this space, too; we just demoed something (sorta kinda) similar to our largest client a week ago, to see if they'd like to be our pre-alpha tester. Still waiting to hear back. If we can get traction, we'll be able to have a pretty big impact in IT for SMEs. Looks like we'd better hurry. :-)
- rbanffy 15y ago
  > This looks like a custom protocol for VMWare systems VMWare had something that resembled VNC a lot. > A clear downside is the extra horsepower that will be needed on the server Some of the work could be done inside the network interface. I suspect Cisco has (or will have, shortly) a chipset for that.

by latch 15y ago

TobbenTM 15y ago

Looks like it. Would think you'd need a hefty server to run alot of theese monitors.. It's like, not even a wyse..

sp332 15y ago
My computer lab in high school had a nice beefy terminal server, but when you turned on 20 clients, it could take about 20 seconds to type a sentence in Word. That was back in 2000 though, so the same amount of money now will get you about 10x more processing power and network bandwidth.
- rbanffy 15y ago
  So, now it will take 2 seconds to type a sentence ;-) Actually, it's more likely they will run 200 clients per box...

thaumaturgy 15y ago

Yes and no. RDP does most of the processing on the server, but still uses a local processor on the workstation for rendering graphics, communicating with the server, and so on. This looks like a custom protocol for VMWare systems (see also http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/learningresources/mobilecomputing/faq.html http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/learningresources/mobilec...); it's too early to tell if it will see wide adoption or not. A clear downside is the extra horsepower that will be needed on the server; the upside is that you won't have to mess about with PxE booting or the like. It's definitely the right time for this stuff, though. We've been working on a project in this space, too; we just demoed something (sorta kinda) similar to our largest client a week ago, to see if they'd like to be our pre-alpha tester. Still waiting to hear back. If we can get traction, we'll be able to have a pretty big impact in IT for SMEs. Looks like we'd better hurry. :-)

rbanffy 15y ago
> This looks like a custom protocol for VMWare systems VMWare had something that resembled VNC a lot. > A clear downside is the extra horsepower that will be needed on the server Some of the work could be done inside the network interface. I suspect Cisco has (or will have, shortly) a chipset for that.