How to organize remote access to OS X for developers?

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IvanFF2012-07-30 15:37:39

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IvanFF, 2012-07-30 15:37:39

Situation: There are several developers who are deployed a couple of thousand kilometers from the office, so there is no way to put them on their poppies. Hackintosh and other virtual machines - not satisfied (now so)
Task: to give them the opportunity to develop in a native environment.
Those. I see 2 solutions:
1. Put several minis in your rack or co-location and organize access to them. Here the question is - how - and whether it is possible to give access to one machine to several users.
What is important is the experience of such work. The theoretical possibility is clear, but what we tested is not satisfactory in terms of speed.
2. Find a service that gives access to OS X.
Practical experience is also of interest here.

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Sergey Lerg, 2012-07-30
@Lerg

Send them poppies or money for them?
Working all the time through the network is very uncomfortable, it’s better to install a hackintosh.
The Mac has a built-in VPN server. There is also a service macincloud.com.

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mejedi, 2012-07-30
@mejedi

Access via VNC lags terribly in a 100 Mbit LAN. IMHO will not take off.

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ixSci, 2012-07-31
@ixSci

Using remote GUI for work is just awful. Performance will drop instantly.
Buy them some Mac mini and give them as a bonus. Or dump the solution of this problem on their shoulders. For example, when working with the bourgeois, no one even raises a conversation about poppies - it's your problem where to get it. Many install hackintosh and work, someone buys a poppy. BUT no one requires the employer to solve this problem. Although we do not know what kind of relationship and situation you have there ...

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Yuriy Andamasov, 2012-07-31
@syncer

try www.nomachine.com/download-preview.php
just in general it is much faster than VNC at least on linux,
maybe it will work

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TimID, 2012-07-31
@TimID

If you have money for a rack, then the best solution is a KVM-over-IP switch (for example, from here ). Approximately 15k (rubles) per computer (video, keyboard, mouse and USB), support for encryption and everything else. Typically, such modules themselves produce video in a fairly acceptable quality, so there are no problems (except at high resolution).
The main plus for the developer is the ability to reset remotely and install any software (up to reinstalling the system) by connecting a USB flash drive or DVD via a forwarded USB.

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unkind, 2012-07-31
@unkind

Install TeamViewer. Easy to set up. Works on all operating systems.
You won’t get the pleasure of writing code through it, just like through VNC, but what to do when you need it :)

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ShadowMaster, 2012-08-09
@ShadowMaster

vmware workstation. Works very fast, has no compatibility issues with OS X. If configured correctly, lion is also installed.