Sun Ray 2 virtual desktop client

The Sun Ray virtual display terminals only display a user environment on connected LCD monitors. These workstations are very easy to set up and are not susceptible to breakdowns. Applications run on a server. The workstations do not need to be upgraded to new models like other personal computers and do not contain a CPU, RAM, or a graphics adapter. The Sun Ray virtual display clients provide customers with an interoperable desktop computing solution that reduces the maintenance, upgrading, and operational costs associated with most desktop environments. The Sun Ray virtual display clients are particularly well suited for cost-sensitive environments such as call centers, education, healthcare, service providers, and finance.

Sun Ray Overview Zero-administration Sun Ray virtual display clients enable access to applications on virtually any platform - the Solaris Operating System, Java technology, Linux, UNIX, Microsoft Windows, AS/400, and mainframes. Sun Ray clients differ from complex PCs and thin clients with embedded operating systems because Sun Ray clients have no logical operating system (such as Windows XP Embedded or Windows CE) to manage and administer.

Sun Ray architecture consists of two components: the Sun Ray Display client and Sun Ray Software

The Sun Ray client is a simple, low-cost, low-power device that requires no desktop administration. Unlike complex Microsoft Windows or Embedded Linux-based thin clients and PCs, Sun Ray clients do not need to be upgraded when new applications are introduced or more computing power is required. Users can access their sessions from any Sun Ray display device on the Local Area Network (LAN) or Wide Area Network (WAN). With a smart card, a user simply inserts it into any available Sun Ray client and instantaneously accesses an existing session.

Sun Ray Software provides user authentication and encryption between server and client, as well as user session management. It not only enhances security, but also helps reduce the complexity and administration of the IT environment. Sun Ray Software provides automatic load balancing, optimizing performance by distributing sessions across the servers in the group. Load balancing takes into account each server's load and capacity (number and speed of its CPUs), so that larger or less heavily loaded servers bear more of the load. Sun Ray Software enables the Sun Ray clients to connect to either a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN).