[FreeNX-kNX] Where can I find en explanation (somewhat OFF TOPIC/OFF LIST...)

[Marcin Owsiany]

On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 09:25:15AM +0200, Verner Kj?rsgaard wrote:
> Dear List,
> 
> - please foregive me for asking a NoMachine question in this list, but I can't 
> think of any place better :-)
> 
> - where (On the NoMachine site ??) can I find an explanation, just an 
> overview, of the roles of the client, node and server?
> 
> - I mean in the FreeNX world, there are two things; a server and a client. 
> Easy to understand, easy to work with. In the NX world, a third entity is 
> introduced, the node. What does it do??

Client: everyone knows what it is
Server: the service running on the host to which the client connects
Node  : the service which runs the session, invoked by the server for the client

The goal is to make it possible to have just one address (server) to
which the clients connect, but spawn sessions on possibly many nodes,
which makes it possible to create HA and/or HP clusters.

One more thing: freenx also contains a server and node, and even some
basic load balancing support. It's just that they are packaged together.

Marcin
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