Applications Serving: AppFilers and Licensing
supply applications to workstations
Applications: Client Design
Applications: Server Design
Appfilers
storage of nearly 20 GB of applications used by workstations
- includes redundancy in case of system failure, and for load sharing
-
includes automatic software distribution
-
this solution in use since September, 1998
need to migrate remaining Watstar served applications to AppFilers
-
EC/campus move J: files
-
depts must move K: files
-
uses directory server (LDAP) to find most appropriate AppFiler
-
watching load and will add more mirrors as needed
License Serving
restrict application usage to meet our licensing arrangements
-
can already limit applications to specific users
-
will move to Directory Server to control usage
-
will add a concurrent-count feature