The X-Files: Investigating Alien Performance in a Thin-client World

• Main Author: Gunther, Neil J.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: arXiv 2000
• Subjects: Performance cs.PF; Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing cs.DC; FOS Computer and information sciences; C.2.4;C.4;D.4.8;D.4.9;H.3.4;H.5.2;I.6.8; Norway; Tromso; University of Tromso
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.cs/0006016; https://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0006016

Many scientific applications use the X11 window environment; an open source windows GUI standard employing a client/server architecture. X11 promotes: distributed computing, thin-client functionality, cheap desktop displays, compatibility with heterogeneous servers, remote services and administratio...