Teradici PCoIP-powered zero clients
Zero clients refer to a device with an embedded Teradici PCoIP chip that allows the device to immediately boot to the VMware View Client without the need for an underlying OS. Zero clients have neither a writeable system partition nor a hard disk for that matter. Instead, zero clients boot off of a chipset embedded into the device.
This section specifically highlights Teradici PCoIP-powered devices as it is the authors' opinion that other zero clients on the market that do not adopt the PCoIP model are destined for obsolescence. At the very least, they will most likely not have the same levels of adoption within the VMware ecosystem.
A few examples of zero clients are as follows:
- Samsung NC240 monitor
- EVGA PD02
- ClearCube I9424
- Wyse P20
The common advantages of zero clients are as follows:
- Security
- Ease of configuration
- Cost
- Vendor diagnostics for management
- Often a smaller footprint than thick or thin clients
- Often less power consumption than thick or thin clients...
