Multiple remote desktop sessions

[xyrx]

I'm an IT guy who's been in the industry for 9 years now. I just came into a contract position that requires that I learn how to administrate a Mac in an enterprise environment. They are 2 years from moving off the Mac platform in favor of a PC environment, but they have a database application that will force them to keep the Mac's around until the database is fully converted to be windows compatible.

This application can run fine in OS 10.2 (no higher) running OS9 emulation. What we need to do is, as our old Mac hardware breaks down, we would like to install software on the PC that allows them to access a remote desktop session on an apple server. The server will support up to 50 separate remote sessions, and each person will have their own desktop, and can run their own instance of this database software.

I'm not sure what will be required for this. I realize emulating OS9 takes a LOT of CPU cycles, memory, etc. We're willing to lease an Apple X-Server, as long as it can do what we need it to do.

Has anyone ever heard of anything like this?

 

[jimoblak]

It sure would be helpful to know what database software that we are talking about. Was it possible to run this many instances of remote access when everyone was all Mac-based?

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[xyrx]

Everyone had a Mac desktop a year ago. As of 6 weeks ago, everyone now has a PC, but about 65% of the Mac's stayed behind. All Mac's could connect to a central database simultaneously. The software is Oracle 2000 using Forms Runtime. It connects to an SQL server, and the query forms are local. It's a bit complicated to explain, but in the end, virtual sessions on a centralized server looks to be the way to go.