New project for next January.
We are getting ready to expand our lab and plan to install a terminal with 
large displays at each bench.   The bench will support one or two projects 
and I hate the thought of setting up 6 new SL 6.4's so there is access to 
schematics, parts lists, layouts, and drawings.   In the past we have used 
NFS to do this.   I have thought about setting up a VMware server and running 
SL 5.10 and Windows under it.  The problem is how to tie it all to one or two 
servers in the shop without this turning into a big dog performance wise.
Since we plan to use the same hardware we need to mod all SL6.4 so that 
Ethernet works correctly.  SL5.10 works out of the box.  We really like the 
Gigabyte boards and AMD quad cores. We quit buying other brands because of 
bad brown capacitors that bulge and start leaking before the board / 
processor fails.   When you start replacing 50 or so boards it is a real 
problem. 

Wile we are at it we need to set up other boxes for shop,  receiving and 
shipping with printers.  I hate to say this we are still running a "sneaker 
net".

We are basically an electronic engineering company that is looking more like a 
factory.

Thanks
Larry Linder