Presented By,

Vinod Kumar V H

Green Computing
Green computing or green IT is The study and practice of designing, manufacturing, using, and disposing of computers, servers, and associated subsystemssuch as monitors, printers, storage devices, and networking and communications systemsefficiently and effectively with minimal or no impact on the environment. The two main goals: Reduction in cost. Energy efficiency.

Thin Client:A thin client can refer to either a software program or to an actual computer that relies heavily on another computer to do most of its work.

Thin Client System

Consists of multiple heterogeneous workstations connected to a single server.

Diskless work
station

Old PC

New PC

Thin Client System

Thin Client System

Hardware requirement of a Thin Client is : Keyboard, monitor, mouse and some computation power.

Thin Client System

Thin Client System

Server

Server performs all application processing and stores all the users data

Thin Client System

Keyboard and mouse input

Thin Client System

Communication protocol Screen updates

Server

Thin Client and Server communicates using a display protocol such as X or RDP

Hardware Requirement
Server (Minimum) Pentium III or above 512 MB RAM Display card Network card 20GB ATA-100 14 Monitor Keyboard and Mouse Floppy drive CD-ROM drive UPS Client Normal PC Pentium class or above Network card with PXE Without hard disk drive

Network Requirement
100 Mbps Switch hub UTP cable Modem or ADSL to connect to internet For ADSL modem, server need another additional NIC

Software Requirement
Server
Linux OS X Windows (KDE/GNOME) DHCP service TFTP service NFS service Thin client software Printer service (optional) Firewall service (optional) Backup data service (optional) Proxy service (optional) DNS service (optional) UPS service (optional)

Client Office suite applications Web browser E-mail & news reader Graphics applications Multimedia applications Games applications

How does a Thin Client look like?

How a Thin Client works: A thin client can be a low-powered PC a terminal that boots and downloads its os from a boot server or other embedded os. Remote Computation Server Takes Care Of All The Processing. Individual sessions or virtual machines are created on the server for multiple access. Works On either Citrix`s ICA Or Microsoft's RDP Protocols (Both Require Only 20Kbps Speed Over Network To Work).

1. Mainframe

2. Personal Computer

3. PC Workstation/Server

4. Thin Client

Thin Clients relation with cloud or grid computing: Thin clients Grid computing Utility computing

Basic Thin-Client diagram:-

Characteristics: Single point of failure Cheap client hardware Client simplicity Thin client security

List of protocols used with thin clients: Appliance Link Protocol Citrix ICA NX technology PCoverIP Remote Desktop Protocol GO-Global RXP HP's Remote Graphics Software Secure Shell or SSH, an encrypted replacement for telnet. SPICE (Simple Protocol For Independent Computing Environments) Virtual Network Computing X11, central to Unix windowing XML, HTML, or JSON over HTTP (Ajax)

Trends in Thin Client computing: Few years ago low-powered desktop clients within a local network were used. Recent trends obtain information from ASPS. Walk up browsing stations are developed .

Recent trends:Ultra Thin Clients:

A sun Microsystems stateless S270 thin client is called an ultra thin client or a zero client. Kernel initializes the network, begins networking and handles display of servers output.

Recent trends:Web Thin Clients:

Moderro Xpack web-centric thin clients. Rely on Web-based software. High security.

Applications: Used in hospitals ,educational systems , internet cafes and libraries and home users. Acts as remote accessing solution for companies. client-side technologies like Ajax and Flash makes it more compatible.

Components of Thin Client computing:Thin Client Hardware:

The windows-based terminal. Network pc. Network computer. Wireless tablet. Fat client.

Components of Thin Client computing: Thin client software.

Network connectivity.
The host server.

Components of Thin Client computing:Thin Client protocols:

The Remote Desktop Protocol. The Independent Computing Architecture Protocol. The X Protocol.

Advantages: Decreases IT Cost By 80% Through Reduced Staff And Centralized Software Management. Increased Life Time Of Client. Eliminates The Hardware Upgrades On Client Side, Reduced Power Consumption, Centralized Backup. No Access To HDD, FDD, CD-ROMS. Thin Clients Are Virus Proof. (Since No OS And HDD Resides On It) Fast and less installation work Install only at one computer Less maintenance Fast and less administrative work Ease of use User interface similar to current OS Reduce cost for hard disk failure no hard disk drive for client

Disadvantages: Server cost is high, requires more band width. Services like Streaming Video, Video Games, DVD Movies arent supported in all version. Multimedia and project based applications run very slow. Widely effected by reduction in the cost of PCs. Less knowledge on open source software

Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

Man hour Comparison (for 3 years)

Conclusion: Common PC skill would be enough to manages the whole network, extends life of PCs by 23years and reduces Base Line Support costs over 3 to 5 years. Thin client system can be deploy to all sector Web base applications better to support multiplatform Thin Client is a primitive of Green Computing

References:[1].http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_client [2].http://www.thinclients.co.in/ [3].http://www.search.com/reference/Thin_cli ent [4].http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cloud_computi ng