[Gllug] FreeNX vs VNC?

[Richard Jones]

On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 03:59:39PM +0000, John Edwards wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 01:29:26PM +0000, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> > Oh wait a minute, that is what you can do with virtual machines.
> > If you combine the Linux KVM feature with the KSM feature, you should
> > be able to save a lot of memory.
> 
> Are you sure about that?

The answer depends on the workload.

But the idea is good.  It's basically what we call "VDI" - virtual
desktop infrastructure.  Mostly it's about managing many persistent
Windows guests on top of a solid base (ie. Linux and KVM, using KSM
and domain management techniques to reduce and spread resources as
needed).

Allow me to plug Red Hat's product in this area:
http://www.qumranet.com/products-and-solutions

Rich.

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