RE: [school-discuss] LTSP First Time - why not net-boot?

[Richard Wraith <rgw@trinity.unimelb.edu.au>]

Daniel,

You can still mount a local HD on a net-boot machine but there really is
not much point unless you really have a specific reason to. A local HD
only adds complications.

You can, of course, still use floppy drives, CD/DVD drives, USB memory
sticks etc on a net-booted machine as after all it is still a normal PC -
just that the system drive is an nfs mount rather than a local HD.

As I said before a net-booted machine is essentially a normal PC just that
it boots over the wire rather than from a local HD. Apple have a similar
offering where you can net-boot a lab of Macs from a central server rather
than having to maintain umpteen different separate machines. It is a great
way to slash support overheads. And if a machine dies you can just pull it
out and drop a replacment in without the hassle of imaging a new HD.

Cheers,

Richard

-- 
Dr Richard Wraith                             rgw@trinity.unimelb.edu.au
Director of IT & T and the Trinity Learning Innovation Centre
Trinity College   Royal Parade   Parkville   3052   Victoria   Australia
tel: +61-3-9348 7112      mobile: 0417 361 093      fax: +61-3-9348 7498

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 daniel.hunt@iibbank.ie wrote:

> Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 13:26:47 +0100
> From: daniel.hunt@iibbank.ie
> Reply-To: schoolforge-discuss@schoolforge.net
> To: schoolforge-discuss@schoolforge.net
> Subject: RE: [school-discuss] LTSP First Time - why not net-boot?
>
> We use a horrible system called "WebSense" - it should rot in hell :o)
>
> Well that does sound better ... do the clients have access to local drives
> in the NetBoot version?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Wraith [mailto:rgw@trinity.unimelb.edu.au]
> Sent: 14 April 2004 13:33
> To: schoolforge-discuss@schoolforge.net
> Subject: RE: [school-discuss] LTSP First Time - why not net-boot?
>
>
> Daniel,
>
> Your work won't let you into an Australian educational site - wow!
>
> In LTSP the processing is done on the server and only the screen is
> presented on the terminal. In netboot the client does not have a HD but
> boots off a server over the network. Once booted it behaves like a normal
> PC in that the processing is done on the client.
>
> So net-booting requires a beefier client but a less powerful server
> whereas LTSP needs more in the server and less in the client. With
> net-booting you do get more power in the users hands and better response
> for some apps like games. LTSP allows you to use much lower power clients.
>
> Both give you a single image to administer and very robust clients (no
> pesky HDs to crash or corrupt) - just the thing for labs.
>
> In the end it it horse for courses depending on your local situation.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>
>
>
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