Cost-efficient desktop vitualization experience at Georgia Southwestern State University
Simon Baev, Casey Weaver, C. H. Weaver · Journal of computing sciences in colleges · 2011
This paper describes the pilot project started at the School of Computing and Mathematics of the Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) in Fall 2009 and targeted towards setting up a cost-effective desktop virtualization environment in one of the computer laboratories. Following the initial setup it was decided to prepare a variety of project-oriented courses for GSW students, including those who enrolled through the exchange program with North Gujarat University, India. The pilot was built on the Citrix XenServer platform running on HP ProLiant ML350 server and Wyse V10L thin clients allowing for complete elimination of ordinary desktop stations and achieving delivery of virtual Windows XP desktops via RDP protocol.