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* '''Workstations (Thin Clients) are hooked up to a central server.''' In the Computer Lab, it is '''<u>not</u> necessary to have workstations use the hard drive'''. The hard-drives were removed from the workstations to be used with other computer systems in the church. Other computers have the option of "Dual Boot" to boot Ubuntu Linux from machine or boot from the network.
* (Diskless) Workstations can '''run applications from the main server <u>or</u> run applications from memory cache'''...
* '''Current server (Pentium IV 3.4 Ghz, 3 GB RAM 80 GB hard drive) can support up to 15 diskless workstations'''. Ability (in future) to '''sync multiple servers to expand to larger number of workstations''' (if required)...
* Computer network setup via '''LTSP''' ('''Linux Terminal Server Project''') to allow '''ease of maintenance and administration'''.
* '''Use of Linux (Ubuntu) operating system''' and '''open source software''' '''provides free software for the computer lab now and into the future.'''
