That was sort of the solution initially, using Dell Wyse thin clients with Teradici cards. But those devices are failing and from what I see are very expensive to replace so I was asked to try and come up with an alternative.
EDIT: You’re also right about the fan noise, thanks for replying.
Everything is on Windows, I did initially try to run Fedora Kionite but the freeRDP didn’t seem to have the level of device redirection as Windows. I’m using the built-in Windows RDP solution to do this at the moment. Essentially all the audio equipment soundboards, mic, etc are connected back to the remote computer via CAT5/6 cable so the thinclient is there to allow them to control the remote computers and keep noise out of the studio. I appreciate your response.
I didn’t have a hand in setting up these studios but my understanding is everything for audio input is ran directly back to the computer being remoted into over CAT5/6. So the audio is being captured in the studio with a mic that essentially has a long cable running back to the recording computer. The thin client is just there to allow them to control the computer remotely. Also, thanks for your reply.
I’ve been installing Aruba switches at several locations throughout my company and don’t have any complaints. Can’t speak on the cloud features as I do not use them. GUI is fine, it allows me to do what I need.
The network is 1G and there is some segmentation, some of the devices do need to share files with devices on other networks. Eventually I’d like to just get everything that needs to talk to each other on one network and partition the rest but that will take some time to implement. Thanks for replying.