ThinClients
WidelyUsed
In2012,accordingtothemarketshareranking,thewidelyusedthinclientbrandsinthemarketincludeWyse,HP,Centerm,NComputing,IGELTechnology,VXL,Fujitsu,Dell,Samsung,andOracle.
Well-knownbrand
Shidathinclientseries.
Components
Thethinclientisthemaincomponentoftheserver-basedcomputingsolution.Thebusinessdepartment(LOB)applicationisthroughtheterminalserviceoftheMicrosoftWindows2003Serverfamily,CitrixMetaframeOrCitrixPresentationServer,terminalemulationprogram,C/SB/Sclientintegratesthethinclientintotheoveralluseenvironment,whichcanrealizesingle-machinemulti-user.
Theroleofthinclients
Thinclientsareaperfectsolutionforhealthcare,finance,educationandotherindustries.Itcancompletehigh-leveltasksandkeeppacewiththelatestsoftwareandvirusprotection.
Therefore,thinclientsarenotonlyeconomical,butalsoeasierforITmanagerstomanage.Manymajorthinclientcustomersfindthatthetransitionfromold-fashionednon-intelligentterminalsordesktopPCstothinclientnetworksisveryeasy.Inaddition,ithaslowcostandsafety.
Highefficiency
Thethinclientusessoftwareanddatafromthewebserver.Datafromdifferentworkstationsordifferentlocationsisenteredintoorobtainedfromacentraldatabase.Becausethethinclientdoesnothaveaharddiskdriveandafloppydiskdrive,thedataenteredcanonlybesavedtothecentralserver.Theupgradecanbedoneremotely,soITdepartmentpersonneldonotneedtovisitdifferentlocationsinperson.Thebackupofimportantdataonlyneedstobecarriedoutinthecentralserver
Becausetherearenoeasilydamagedmovableparts,thelifespanofthethinclientislongerthanthatofadesktopPC.Theworkstationsareverystandardized,theyusethesameapplicationsandhavethesameinterface.Thisismoreconvenientformedicalinstitutionstafftouse.Theinstallationandsetupofthethinclientisverysimple,andisalwaysinanoperationalstate.Thisallowsthemedicalteamtoobtainimportantdataaboutthepatientveryquickly
Security
Becausethereisnoharddriveandfloppydrive,thethinclientcanpreventtheuseofunauthorizedsoftwareandvirusesInvasion.Exceptforthecentralserver,datacannotbecopiedtodiskorsavedtoanyotherlocation.Centralizedprocessingmakesitveryeasytomanageandmonitorsystemaccess,aswellastoenforcesecuritypoliciesandmeasures,therebyminimizinginternalsecurityrisks
Economy
ThincustomersThepurchasecostofthecomputerisindeedlowerthanthecostofadesktopPC(especiallywhenyoudecidetouseourhigh-qualityrefreshmode).Inaddition,thesedeviceshaveveryfewmovableparts.Sousuallyitsservicelifeisrelativelylong.Whenperformingupgradeandbackupprocessinginthecentralsystem,lessITcostsareoneaspectofitscheapness.ThethinclientusesACpower,sothecompanycansaveenergyconsumption
Suitablefornon-knowledgepersonnelapplications,notsuitablefordevelopmentandgraphicsprocessingpositionssuchas:productionlines,businesswindows,ERPapplications.Singleapplicationsoftware.
Reliable
Thedamageorsuddenpowerfailureoftheclientwillnotcausedataloss.
Management
Becauseoftheuseofcentralizedmanagement,softwareupgrades,secureapplicationconfigurationandaccessareallcompletedontheserver,andthereisnoneedtoinstallsoftwareforeachclient.
Maintenance
Ithasnoharddisk,floppydrive,opticaldriveandothermechanicalpartsthataremostpronetofailure,sothereisalmostnoneedtomaintainit.
Upgrade
Becauseallapplicationprogramsarerunningandstoredontheserver,itdoesnotneedtobeupgraded,whichreducesmaintenancecosts.
Applicationofterminalproducts:
Inthefieldsoftransportation,finance,realestate,enterpriseERPsystemmanagement,OAsystem,tourism,postandtelecommunications,government,education,commerce,media,etc.Itishighlypraisedbyusersintheselargeandmedium-sizedenterprises,andusesthisproducttoimprovecorporateefficiencyandincreasecorporatebenefits.
Advantagesofthinclients
1.Centralizedmanagement,strongbusinesspertinence
Inmanyindustrybusinesssystemsandenterprisemanagementandofficesystems,usersuseComputersaremainlyusedtocompletebusiness-relatedcalculations.Theapplicationsthatthinclientscanexecutedependentirelyonthecentralizedsettingsoftheserver.Thesystemadministratorcancustomizerefinedandefficientapplicationsfortheclientaccordingtobusinessneeds.Userscanonlydobusiness-relatedthings,therebyimprovingworkEfficiencyhasstrengthenedthemanagementoftheenterprise.
2.Thecostofmanagementandmaintenanceislow,andthesystemiseasytoinstall,debugandupgrade.
Thethinclientworksinanetworkenvironment,anditsrunningprogramsanddataareconcentratedontheserverInthisworkingmode,theinstallation,debugging,management,maintenance,andupgradeoftheentiresystemareimplementedbythesystemadministratorontheserverside.Theclientonlyneedstodolittlemanagementandmaintenancework,upgradeandTheclientdoesnotmatter,sothatthesystemadministratorcancontroltheentirenetworksystematanypoint.Thiswillhelpsystemadministratorsquicklycompletetheinstallation,debugging,upgradeandmaintenanceoftheinformationsystem,greatlysavingthedeploymenttimeoftheinformationsystem,reducinghumanresourcecostsandmanagementcosts,andimprovingmanagementefficiency.
3.Breakthroughthecyclicalupgradeofsoftwareandhardware
Sincethecomputingofthinclientsismainlysupportedbylaterpowerfulservers,companiesdonothavetoconstantlybuyinordertorunnewsoftwareOrupgradetheuser'shardwareequipment.
4.Stableperformanceandlowfailurerate
Thethinclientadoptsanintegratedsystemstructuredesign,andgenerallydoesnotconfigurefloppydrives,opticaldrives,harddisksandotherfragileandvulnerableparts,soastoeliminateThesourceofthevirusisimproved,andthereliabilityandstabilityofthesystemareimproved.Thelocalsystemsoftwareofthethinclientisdesignedwithembeddedtechnology,sothethinclientguaranteesthestableoperationofthesystemfrombothhardwareandsoftwareaspects,anditsfailurerateisgreatlyreducedcomparedwiththatofaPC.
5.Powerfulfunctions
PCgenerallyexecutesprogramsonitsown,anditscomputingpowerislimitedbyitsownconfiguration.Thinclientsusetheserver’sCPUandresources.Theservercompletesitscomputingtasks,sotheoreticallyspeaking,thecomputingpowerofthethinclientcanreachthecomputingpoweroftheserver.
6.Highsecurity
Sincethethinclientisnotequippedwithfloppydrives,opticaldrives,harddisksandotherequipment,userscannotcopyandinstallsoftwareintothesystematwill,norcantheycopyatwill,Takeawayimportantsoftwareandconfidentialdatawithintheenterprise,therebyeffectivelyprotectingtheinternalsystemsecurityandinformationsecurityoftheenterprise.Inaddition,differentsecuritylevelscanbesetfordifferentusers,anddataconfidentialityisgood,whichisveryimportantforinformationsecurityande-commerceapplications.
7.Savedsoftwarelicensefees
Mostofthesoftwarerunningonthecomputerhasnolegalcopyright,whichisforthedevelopmentofthesoftwareindustryandtheprotectionofintellectualpropertyrights.Disadvantageously,thesoftwareonthethinclientserverisbasicallycopyrighted,andthethinclientdoesnotneedtopurchaseandinstallanysoftwareasaclient.Thiswillsaveaconsiderableamountofmoneyforcomputeruserswhousegenuinesoftware.Expenseswillalsogreatlypromotethedevelopmentoftheentireindustry.
8.Greenandenvironmentalprotection
Thethinclientadoptsafanless,low-powerdesign(themaximumoperatingpowerisonly23W),whicheffectivelyreducesnoisepollutionandenergyconsumption.
9.EffectivelyreducethetotalcostofownershipTCOofthesystem
Asaseriesoflinkssuchassystemmanagement,maintenance,upgrade,expansion,andservicehavebeenoptimized,thecompanyhassavedtheinvestmenttothegreatestextent.Variouscostsinthesystem,althoughtheinitialinvestmentcostsofthesystemhardwarehavenotbeensignificantlyreduced,butastimegoeson,thereductionofthesystemTCOwillbecomemoreandmoreobvious.
Keyfactorsforchoosingthinclients
Therearemanythinclientmanufacturersonthemarket,andthinclientsofdifferentbrandsmayhavedifferentfunctions,costs,andcomplexity.Therefore,whenenterpriseuserschoosethinclientsforVDIprojects,theyneedtocompareproductsfrommanyaspects,providedthattheystartfromtheirownfunctionalrequirements.Herearesomekeyfactorsthatneedtobepaidattentiontowhenpurchasingthinclients:
Hardwareandmaintenancecostsbearthebrunt
Costisacomplexcalculationformulaforcorporatepurchasers.Whenpurchasingathinclient,youfirstneedtoconsiderthehardwareconfiguration.Generally,thememoryofthethinclientrangesfrom1-4GBand256MB-16GBDOMelectronicharddisk(harddisk).Inaddition,configurationparameterssuchasnetworkcardsandgraphicscardsneedtotakeintoaccounttheirownbusinessneeds..Thehardwarecostofdifferentconfigurationswillbedifferent.
VDIcostsareusuallyreflectedintheinitialpurchaseandlateroperationandmaintenancecosts.Therefore,choosingacost-effectivethinclientiswhatmostenterpriseusersdemand.
Thedisplayprotocolmustbestrong
Intheactualworkingenvironment,oneofthemainfunctionsofthethinclientistoprovideuserswithefficientdisplay,becausealltheoperationsoccurontheback-endserver.Therefore,thekeyfactorthataffectstheuserexperienceistheremotedisplayeffect.Amongthem,theremoteprotocolplaysavitalrole.Theremoteprotocolcanprovideuserswithavirtualdesktopthatisclosesttothephysicalinterface.Themoreefficienttheprotocol,thebettertheend-userexperiencewillbe.
Inaddition,differentdisplayprotocolshavedifferentrequirementsfortheinstallationofthinclientdevices(includingclientsoftware,hardware,etc.).Therefore,whenchoosingasuitabledisplayprotocol,youmustconsideryourowntargetneeds,andfindabalancebetweenthedisplayprotocol,enterprisescale,andback-endarchitecture.
WyseDeviceManageristhecentralconsoleofthesethinclientdevices.WysealsohasauniqueTCXextendedformoftechnologythatcanbeaddedtothestandardfeaturesetofmostremotedisplayprotocols-includingmultimediaredirection,full-duplexaudioforsoftphones,andbetterUSBsupport.
Supportawiderangeofapplications
InadditiontoinstallingdailyapplicationssuchasOffice,toolsoftware,andsmallentertainmentsoftware,thinclientsmayalsoneedsupportfororganizationswithspecialbusinessneedsAdditionalapplications,suchasmultimediaand3Dgraphics-intensiveapplicationssuchasPhotoshoporAutoCAD.
Theseheavyweightapplicationsundoubtedlyneedtobeconfiguredwithhigherthinclientsupport.Youmustknowthatacheapthinclientthatsupportsalowdisplayprotocolcannotprovidegooddecompressionperformance.Therefore,itisnecessarytoconsiderthebalancebetweenapplicationandmachineprocurementcosts.
Securitycannotbeignored
Althoughthinclientsdonothaveredundanthardwaresuchasharddiskdrivesandfloppydiskdrives,theycanprovideasaferandmorereliableenvironmentthanordinaryPCs.Devicekeyboards,monitors,mice,andmoreandmorevarioustypesofapplicationsareinstalled,andthinclientsaregraduallyatpotentialrisk.
Thinclientafter-salesservice
Manythinclientproductsonthemarketprovideenterpriseuserswithmorefreeoptions,butasmentionedabove,differentbrandshavedifferentCostandmanagementcomplexity,whichalsoincreasethedifficultyofselectionforusers.Therefore,theevaluationofthinclientvendorsisalsoaveryimportantstep.
Tosumup,organizationsthatplanorhavedeployedVDIshouldconsidertheabovefivekeyfactorswhenchoosingathinclient.Onthecontrary,inappropriatethinclientequipmentmaycauseunexpectedlossesfortheVDIproject.
Thechoiceofthinclients
Thinclientshavebeenfavoredbyusers,andthinclientshaveachievedconsiderabledevelopment.However,whenuserspurchaseaclientforavirtualdesktopinfrastructure,theyneedtochoosefromavarietyofdevicesonthemarket.
Thestrongertheinterchangeabilityofthinclientdevices,theloweryourlong-termsupportcostswillbe.Ifyouhavemultipleterminals,whenemployeeschangepositions,youneedtousemultipletechnicalsupportcallstocompletethetransferofaspecificterminal.
Advantagesofthethinclient
Thethinclientisadurablemachinethatcanwithstandalargeamountofworkload.Thebiggestfeatureofthisthinclientmodelismemoryscalability.Fordailyoperations,theincreaseinmemoryofathinclientdoesnotshowabigdifference,butforalargenumberofgraphicsprocessingtasks,athinclientrequirespowerfulmemoryprocessingcapabilities.
Thethinclientwarrantyserviceisastandardthree-yearlimitedwarranty,withoptionalon-siteservice.OnlyD7providesanevaluationversion,andthepricewillvaryaccordingtotheselectedperformanceandmodel.