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- by Kebabbert July 15, 2009 4:37 AM PDT
- Actually, it seems that Ernie Ball has switched to SUN Solaris by now. SUN has installed Solaris and 400 of the SunRay thin clients that use 4W each.
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Showing 2 of 2 pages (31 Comments)http://www.sun.com/customers/index.xml?c=ernie_ball.xml
The thin clients SunRay doesnt run any programs at all, the server does all processing and runs all programs. This means that the SunRay acts as a keyboard or mouse, it sends input to the server and the server sends bitmaps (output) back to SunRay. This also means that the SunRay never gets old, because you upgrade the server. You dont upgrade the SunRay, which is impossible to do. The more powerful server, the more powerful SunRay. The SunRay MTBF is 22 years, they never break. They weigh 0.38kg.
Other thin clients has a weak cpu and little RAM. After a few years they can not run the advanced programs and needs to be upgraded. In effect, they are like a desktop PC without a hard drive. They also has a simple OS that needs to be patched. Much maintenance required. SunRay is just like a keyboard or a mouse, no RAM no CPU no upgrade no maintenance required.