The Teradici PC-over-IP demo kit: a video of the unboxing, installation, and first impressions
Yesterday's Brian Madden TV show featured a segment where I unboxed and setup a Teradici PC-over-IP test kit. Unfortunately I had to trim that recorded segment down to about seven minutes to fit in the show. This video is the unedited version of my complete hands-on Teradici experience, including:
- A quick overview of my current desktop computer. (Acer desktop, dual 1920x1200 displays, Windows 7.)
- Unboxing of the Teradici "slap shot" evalation kit
- Installation of the PCI-E remote host card
- The "migration" of my desk to the datacenter
- A tour of the Devon IT PC-over-IP thin client "portal"
- Hooking up the thin client
- Connecting to the remote workstation
- Graphics and video performance across the dual diplays
- Audio issues with Windows 7
- Client-side USB device intergration
- CPU usage
This Teradici stuff is kind of cool. You can literally be up and running in under five minutes. This whole video is only about 17 minutes and covers everything in real time with no editing.
And a big thanks to TechTarget program manager Molly Toffey who ran the camera for this video. She recently transferred to our San Francisco office from our Boston office, so she was too green to know to ignore my email "Does anyone want to stay late tonight?"
Thought I should comment as no one else did.
It was interesting seeing the card side of things and performance.
I was always curios with Dells teradici solution in this space as I have around 40 machines that are used for 3d rendering only (rhino, autocad, 3dmax etc....)
One of things that turned me off ... was the one to one relationship between end points.
Dell teradici solution seems to make alot of sense when:
A) Client space is at a premium.
B) The local client environment isnt suitable.... think industrial space.... alot of dust etc.
C) You really need the workload in the server room (security, central management).
Unless you had a strategic reason to do so.
For the price i think u still cant go past normal fat clients.