4.3 In our student lab there are 9 PCs connected to a network but the computer manager does not want to put FactSage on the Server – he says the PCs have lots of disk space and so its more efficient to install individual Standalone installations. What do you think?
Generally you would expect a Standalone installation to be slightly faster than a Client version when the FactSage program and it modules are first called. However the following points should also be considered. • In a Server/Client installation, all the executable and help files are installed on the Server but the compound and solution databases are installed on each Client PC. Hence when FactSage is initially run, the executable modules are first loaded from the Server to the Client PC (this may be the slow part) but the actual calculation and database access will be on the Client PC. • Any FactSage program update will normally only require the Server to be updated. • For a Server/Client installation only one password is required (for the Server) and so there is no limit to the number of Client PCs.
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