Multiple Developers Using One Terminal Server

JSS

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I know a few years ago when JDE was using Citrix for user access, there was a way to setup one terminal server to host multiple developer fat clients by creating separate directories for each user. I'm wondering if that is still possible today even with the local web software. Anybody running their multiple fat clietns on one terminal server for apps 9.0 or 9.1? Please share your thoughts on this subject, doable or not? Thanks - Jay
 
no - the way you're describing is not possible anymore.

Under Xe, and any version that used MS Access DB files and TAM files for Central Objects, it was easily possible to set up a citrix server with 1 set of objects per developer. All it took was a few GB of space for each pathcode.

Now, however, the specs are stored in a database - specifically an Oracle Enterprise Edition database - and the development client needs to see this through a TCP/IP port. The issue is that Oracle enterprise edition uses a TON of memory - much more so than the JDE client does - and the setup of the database makes it difficult for a single machine to have multiple Oracle Databases in parallel.

Now, it MIGHT be possible for someone to alter the database and get it working for multiple users on the same box - but then the next issue is with the web dev client and how THAT runs in parallel on the same machine - let alone the jDeveloper that most developers need (for Business Services development and BPEL).

So, today, the best way of setting up development workstations is to use Vmwares' VDI, Microsoft VDI or Citrix XenDesktop - each of those solutions provide a complete separate desktop for each user, shared on physical hardware. All my customers use one of those solutions - and have no issues pushing out lots of development workstations for remote developers !
 
Altquark - Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this subject. Regards - Jay
 
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