Linux - Based Solutions
Why Linux
Server Consolidation & Virtualization
Linux Terminal Server:
Linux Terminal Server is a flexible, cost effective solution that is easily installed and deployed thin clients.
New thin clients and legacy PCs alike can be used to browse the web, send e-mail, create documents, and run other desktop applications.
LINUX TERMINAL SERVER not only improves Total Cost of Ownership, but more importantly, provides increased value over traditional computing solutions.
Desktop PC can run applications from Linux and Windows TERMINALservers. Linux based thin clients have proven to be extremely reliable because tampering and viruses are virtually non-existent.
With a Linux Terminal Server and thin-clients, a business can remove many of the costs associated with maintenance, support, and licensing of countless desktop PCs.
Benefits
1. Reduced Costs
In an LINUX TERMINAL thin client environment, all software for workstations originates on the LINUX TERMINAL SERVER. Whether you are repurposing old desktop PCs or deploying new thin client devices, LINUX TERMINAL SERVER can be a key component in reducing the costs related to your computing environment.
2. No Licensing Fees
LINUX TERMINAL SERVER is open source software. There is no cost to use it.
3. Less Maintenance Required
LINUX TERMINAL SERVER allows you to maintain your entire computer network from a single point of control; from the operating system image on the thin clients through user authentication and file storage.
4. Secure
Security has become a key challenge for administrators. LINUX TERMINAL SERVER thin client connections can be secured via SSH and are restricted to a LAN.
For example, an office may have Fifty desktop PCs attached to the network. By connecting them to a Terminal Server, these PCs no longer need to rely on their own hard disks, memory, CPU power etc. Instead, they connect to the power and capacity of the single server. This one server offers each of the thin-clients (terminals) access to necessary applications, the Internet and Intranet, storage and print devices.
Such a configuration offers the following benefits:
- Greatly reduces desktop PC support, maintenance, and upgrades.
- Places all configuration and applications in a central server model.
- Greatly reduces software licensing costs.
- Simplifies I.T. operations.
- Operates on older or outdated PCs, as the performance is predicated upon the server.
- Easily integrates with existing servers and infrastructure such as Windows NT Servers.
- Allows the use of Linux and OpenSource software with almost no installation burden.