Ncomputing L300 Ethernet Virtual Desktop

Item(s) must be returned within 30 days from invoice date. Item(s) must be received in original condition preferably in the same packing materials. Item(s) should be securely packed for safe return. The purchaser is responsible for all shipping costs and insurance. The NComputing L300 Powered by NComputingвЂ™s Numo System on a Chip (SoC), brings the power of todayвЂ™s latest Windows operating systems to users at a quarter of the cost of typical desktop PCs. Add a keyboard, mouse and monitor then connect the L300 via ethernet to your vSpace server for unrivaled desktop virtualization, affordably.Ethernet virtual desktop with vSpace software.

It features USB mouse and keyboard connections, a speaker and microphone, and two additional USB 2.0 ports. We clicked through some websites and found that even with our underpowered host, most streaming media and Adobe Flash applications performed well.Without any moving parts, the 4.5-inch square L300 device is noiseless and can attach to the back of a monitor. Primary office applications such as e-mail and word processing ran fine. We tested the device using an underpowered Windows XP notebook as the host, with two L300 devices remotely connected.

The kit includes a bracket for mounting the L300 device to the back of an LCD monitor.Installation of vSpace is very straightforward. Because the solution works over a 10/100 megabit-per-second network, there is no restriction on distance between the L300 device and the host computer, although they should be on the same LAN for best performance. You simply add one Windows XP/2003 host, a USB keyboard and mouse, a monitor and an Ethernet connection.

We had some trouble with high-quality, high-definition videos, but remember, we were on an underpowered system. ItвЂ™s not recommended for 3D-intensive applications such as computer-aided design or movie-editing software. Imagine how easy it would be to apply software patches to just one host instead of 30 PCs.As you might expect from sharing a single host, the L300 isnвЂ™t for every application. The vSpace software takes care of the multiВsessions, and usersвЂ™ preferences and settings are stored in their own user directories on the PC.With a properly outfitted 32-bit host, you can connect up to 30 L300 devices. The L300 automatically scans the subnet for available hosts, and connects with just a click.No special training or modification of your applications is necessary.

As well we've heard complaints about storage costs and performance during 'boot storms.'How does the L300 kit stack up in terms of storage TCO and overall performance at peak periods - do you have any proof points you can share with the community?We've deployed 20 L300s and, so far, have been very happy with their success. Some issues they've mentioned are that you've got to pick the right use case (e.g. Doing so will simplify maintenance and lower overall costs without degrading the end user experience.Comments on 'The NComputing L300 kit easily connects monitors to a host over Ethernet'We've talked to numerous customers that are loving desktop virtualization. IT organizations need to understand the benefits and drawbacks of desktop virtualization and identify use cases that are a good strategic fit for the technology. Recent surveys from the likes of ESG and IDC show that approximately one third of customers are deploying some form of desktop virtualization today and fewer than 10% indicate they have no interest in the technology. But for most office workers, this shouldnвЂ™t be a problem.Action Item: Desktop virtualization is gaining in popularity.

Firefox crashing, print jobs not spooling, etc. I had numerous performance issues when the 10 clients would access the VM at the same time, i.e. CPU usage averaged about 3Ghz. XP Pro obviously limits no more than 10 concurrent users access to a single instance, of course. I maxed out the memory of the machine at 4Gb and utilized two vCPUs.

WeвЂ™ll deploy our next test on our Windows 2003 SBS and see if we can increase performance based on the amount of 30 users.Did you deploy your next test Windows Server with 30 L300s? If so, I would be grateful if you could share your performance findings.We have deployed 30 L300s with a Windows Server 2003 and the performance is good, it's not great but if your running a small office that doesn't use multimedia (HD video, 3D Rendering, 3D Gaming) than this type of setup will work and save you money. So far, performance is much better although every so often the units will restart themselves for some reason, coming back to the nComputing login screen.All this being said I'm curious how nComputing touts 30 users per PC/Server. Using five unique users to one VM. Issues) I confirmed these performance issues were not an issue with the physical ESX host as it had gobs of spare memory and CPU available.I since changed the number of users to half that per VM, i.e.

You must use a 1000Mbit port connection from switch to server. Note: Do not use only 100Mbit ports when it comes to the switch to server. Once all 30 users are online the server will run around 75% to 83% on the CPU and Memory around 89%. If your going to deploy 30 L300 I would get more memory than ncomputing request, we have on our Windows Server 2003 48Gigs of RAM with two Xeon 2.4Ghz Processors.

Ncomputing L300 Ethernet Virtual Desktop