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Comparison with other virtual desktopsComparison with other virtual desktopsPosted Dec 11, 2009 17:12 UTC (Fri) by kragil (guest, #34373)In reply to: Comparison with other virtual desktops by drag Parent article: Red Hat open-sources SPICE
Thanks for the link!
One question:
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Comparison with other virtual desktops Posted Dec 11, 2009 19:22 UTC (Fri) by rahvin (subscriber, #16953) [Link]
SolidICE is the implementation of the SPICE protocol and is what Redhat just FOSS'd. It's darn cool technology and I was stoked when Redhat acquired it, the only negative is it's taken a year to get it FOSS'd after the purchase.
This could literally put Citrix's main product out of business. I expect a huge ecosystem to develop selling this to Fortune 500 companies that want to virtualize the desktop (particularly companies where you don't have a fixed cube and they treat their employee's like cattle). Companies like call centers will probably jump all over this now that it's backed by Redhat instead of a small startup, particularly knowing that they can buy support from anyone. Citrix charges insane amounts of money for virtual terminals and now you can implement better technology for free.
What is/was SolidICE? Posted Dec 12, 2009 18:14 UTC (Sat) by dowdle (subscriber, #659) [Link]
SolidICE was the VDI solution sold by Qumranet before Red Hat bought it. SolidICE was the product that Red Hat worked on for a year to split into two products, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers, and RHEV for Desktops. So far RHEV for Desktops hasn't been released but that is expected in January.
If you want to see a demo video of SolidICE, I saved a copy of their demo (may be available elsewhere but I haven't found it) before qumranet.com started redirecting to redhat.com.
You can find it here:
Sorry that it is in .wmv format but that's the original format Qumranet released it in. I converted it to .ogv with ffpmeg2theora but the A/V sync was terrible. That's my workstation at work... so don't kill it.
I wrote about the release of SPICE here:
Initial Reaction: Red Hat releases the SPICE protocol
Brian Madden was hired by Qumranet to compare SPICE to ICA and RDP and write a paper... and some of that work lead to those videos linked to in another comment. It would be nice if that paper were released or if Brian Madden could do another comparison test with the current release of SPICE in the RHEV products.
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