Sun Ray
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Sun Ray是昇陽電腦公司（Sun Microsystems）於1999年所發表的精簡型電腦（Thin Client），是針對企業資訊環境而推出。
Sun Ray的組成包括一個智慧卡（Smart Card）讀卡機，且多數機款與平面顯示器（Flat Panel Display，FPD）合為一體。[1]
In contrast to a thick client, the Sun Ray is a display device, with applications running on a server elsewhere, and the state of the user's session being independent of the display. This enables another notable feature of the Sun Ray, that it uses smartcards to allow for portable sessions, as a user can go from one Sun Ray to another and continue their work without closing any programs.
Sun Ray clients are connected via an Ethernet network to the Sun Ray Server. Sun Ray Server software is available for Sun's Solaris operating system and also for Linux. Rather than using the X Display protocol, Sun developed the separate secure bitmap-based network protocol "ALP" (Appliance Link Protocol) for the Sun Ray system (which is similar in concept to VNC).
Currently four models are in production, the headless Sun Ray 1g (attachable to displays up to 1920×1200 at 75Hz), the Sun Ray 170, which is integrated into a 17-inch LCD monitor, the Sun Ray 2 and the Sun Ray 2FS. Three older now EOL systems exist, the Sun Ray 1 (attachable to displays up to 1280×1024 at 85Hz), the Sun Ray 100 (integrated into a CRT monitor) and the Sun Ray 150 (integrated into a 15" LCD monitor).
[编辑] 型款
| 型號 | 簡述 | 附註 |
|---|---|---|
| Sun Ray 1 | 不具顯示功能 | 供援停止（End-Of-Life，EOL） |
| Sun Ray 100 | 與17英吋CRT顯示器一體化設計 | 供援停止（End-Of-Life，EOL） |
| Sun Ray 150 | 與15英吋LCD顯示器一體化設計 | 供援停止（End-Of-Life，EOL） |
| Sun Ray 1g | 不具顯示功能、強化解析度、增加USB埠 | -- |
| Sun Ray 170 | 與17英吋LCD顯示器一體化設計 | -- |
| Sun Ray 2 | 不具顯示功能 | -- |
| Sun Ray 2FS | 不具顯示功能，雙接頭輸出 | -- |
[编辑] 附註
- ^ - Thin Client也稱為瘦身型、苗條型的用戶端電腦（瘦身型用戶端），相對的個人電腦（Personal Computer，PC）被支持與主張Thin Client的業者譏諷為Fat Client（肥胖型用戶端），然PC陣營的業者則辯稱PC為Rich Client（豐富型用戶端），此外比較持中立立場者則稱PC為Thick Client（厚實型用戶端）。
[编辑] 外部連結
- 昇陽電腦官方網站 - （英文）
- Sun Ray用戶團體 - （英文）
- Sun Ray用戶的電子報訂閱 - （英文）
