[FreeNX-kNX] FreeNX distributed computing

[Tom Kavanaugh]

Thanks for your email.

I will get details of Commerical NX's distributed computing from nomachine.
Basically, I would like to know the benefits of this feature if integrated
into the LSF / Sun Grid that we use.

Thanks for letting me know about the freenx patch for load balancing.
I did a search for this patch. It seems to me that this patch is not ready
for showtime.
Like, I would not want to just put a load balanced freenx infrastructure for
my company's login servers. Yet.

Has anyone implemented a load balanced freenx infrastructure for  ~25 user
login ?

freenx servers with a LVS frontend seems to be a workablew alternative to
me.

\Tom


On 10/9/06, Felipe Alfaro Solana <felipe.alfaro at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 10/9/06, Tom Kavanaugh <tomnaugh at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >  Hello,
> >
> >  I am starting to use freenx as a replacement for citrix, VNC login
> servers.
> >  What additional benefits will I get by using the distributed computing
> of
> > freeNX?
>
> Err.... FreeNX is not about distributed computing. FreeNX is about
> terminal services.
>
> Distributed computing is about running programs across several
> machines, usually in parallel. FreeNX is about saving costs by using
> thin/silly clients which usually require near-to-zero maintenance and
> upgrades.
>
> >  Is it something like the citrix load balancer?
>
> The commercial version of NX supports load-balancing across servers
> and, AFAIK, the free version does too with a patch.
>
> >  Like you have a bunch of boxes in a network, and the user login is
> directed
> > to the less loaded box?
>
> That's what the commercial version of NX is supposed to do when you
> configure several NX servers.
>
> >  I am reading about the NX distributed computing architecture.
>
> Err... once again, the fact that FreeNX uses several components
> (client, node, server) doesn't mean FreeNX is distributed computing.
> In fact, you run software on servers to which multiple clients attach.
> But clients are pretty thin, so I wouldn't consider this scenario a
> distributed one, but a centralized one.
>
> >  Does anyone have experience using distributed computing in a freenx
> > environment?
>
> I have helped in setting up a FreeNX-based server machine which is
> currently live supporting few users. Maybe I can share my "expertise"
> :-)
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