The Concept:-
Generally in an office setup, a normal Pentium 400 MHz system with 256 >MB RAM, 100 MHz bus and a 10 GB HDD is sufficient for doing letter >writing, data entry, email, surfing, printing etc. Suppose an office >needs to use 8 computers for 8 operators, with different OSes for >different software or even same OSes, 8 computer systems will need to >be purchased. 8 computer systems will have to be taken for AMCs ( Yeah >! ).
Instead of that if all the hardware requirements are bundled up into one system then that would bring down costs.
The CPU will be 400 MHz X 8 = 3.2 GHz. The RAM 256 MB X 8 = 2 GB. The BUS speed 100 MHz X 8 = 800 MHZ. The HDD 10 GB X 8 = 80 GB
In this way we can get upto 8 different (or even same) OSes running >simultaneously in one system. as the total number of machines is only >one instead of 8. Since the hardware resources are common, a LAN will >not be required to make the 8 computers see each other within the same >system.
Hey Rony !! What I am confused about is : if I have a requirement of 8 different OSes for different types of development work, what good is a single machine to me ? I have 8 people working on 8 different modules. So a single machine ain't gonna suffice.
The best solution is to have one high-end Server and maybe other diskless nodes. Otherwise, only one person can utilize the full capacity of 8 OSes running simultaneously.
Please correct me where I have gone wrong in grasping your concept !!
Thanks Raseel Bhagat