Tama City Hall builds a telework environment with 200 remote desktops by cartridge PC

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October 22, 2021 (Friday) Kazu Hikawa (IT Leaders editorial department)

Tama City Hall (Tama City, Tokyo) has built a telework environment in a form of a remote desktop connection to 200 physical PCs.By adopting physical PCs instead of virtual desktops, the same performance and specifications as ordinary PCs were secured, and cost reduction was reduced.The company began to build a telework environment in January 2021, and started using it in July of the same year.Asentech, the provider of the physical PC "Remote PC Array", announced on October 22, the same year.

多摩市役所は、200台の物理PCにリモートデスクトップ接続する形態で同市職員のテレワーク環境を構築した。物理PCには、アセンテックの「リモートPCアレイ」を採用。1Uのラックマウント型筐体に、専用カートリッジ型PCを30台搭載した高集積PCである（「リモートPCアレイ200」の場合、写真1）。それぞれのPCでWindows 10が動作する（関連記事：アセンテック、RPA/VDI用途の高集積ミニタワーPC「リモートPCアレイ」を拡充）。

Tama City Hall has started a telework environment around July 2020 due to the spread of the new colon virus.Based on the measures to leak information when the terminal was lost, the use of a thin client (remote desktop) method that does not leave data on the terminal body was considered.The PC environment at the connected destination requires the same specifications as a normal PC so that the work can be performed without discomfort."It is desirable to have an environment where the client OS Windows 10 operates in order to achieve early operation of teleworking environments."

As a mechanism that satisfies these requirements, a form that connects a remote desktop to a physical PC is adopted.By adopting a physical PC instead of a virtual desktop, the same performance and response as a normal PC are secured.Also, unlike the desktop virtualization base (VDI), the cost of server virtualization software was not required, so the cost was reduced.It is said that maintenance costs have been reduced because the system components are small.

Tama City Hall / Acentec / Remote PC Array / Municipal / Telework / Work from home

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