Hello,
I have discovered the concept of thin clients and want to make a test project consisting of several clients connecting to server. I have AMD FX 4100 4 core processor with 4gb RAM which i intend to use as server.
I did install Xen Server on it and everything ran okay, even installed Windows xp on virtual machine and connected to it via console. But then i realised that there is no cost free solution to connecting multiple guests from around the network.
later i found Foss-Cloud. Could not install it because it could only see 3gb of my 4gb of ram
Later I tried tutorial from Xen Project but something went wrong in the installation. i suppose it is because of my hardware.
I feel that I am missing something in the concept of this technology because i know that the technology stays the same whether i am using Xen, Xen project, foss Cloud. There is Server, client with installed operating system to connect to server.
So here are multiple questions.
How can i connect to the servers virtual machine not using the console. Is there a way to do it trough HTTP connection using web browser or something like that?
Can I use old computer to PXE boot for example some Linux distribution with software installed on it to connect to the server and then launch XP machine on it?
Is there some place where all this technology concept is explained
My apologies for the lack of knowledge or silly questions, but those are mandatory in the learning process.