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Lower IT admin costs.
Thin clients are managed almost entirely at the server. The
hardware has fewer points of failure and the local environment
is highly restricted.
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Easier to secure.
Thin clients can be designed so that no application data ever
resides on the client minimizing physical data theft.
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Lower hardware costs.
Thin client hardware is generally cheaper because it does not
contain a disk, application memory, or a powerful processor.
They also generally have a longer period before requiring an
upgrade or becoming obsolete.
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Lower Energy Consumption.
Dedicated thin client hardware has much lower energy consumption
than thick client PCs. Significant cost saving and contribute to
achieving energy saving targets.
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Easier hardware failure management.
If a thin client fails, a replacement can simply be swapped in
while the client is repaired; the user is not inconvenienced
because their data is not on the client.
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Worthless to most thieves.
Burglars interested in computer equipment have a much harder
time fencing thin client hardware as it is less valuable.
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Hostile Environments.
Most devices have no moving parts so can be used in dusty
environments without the worry of PC fans clogging up and
overheating and burning out the PC.
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Less network bandwidth.
Since terminal servers typically reside on the same high-speed
network backbone as file servers, most network traffic is
confined to the server room. In a fat client environment if you
open a 10MB document that's 10MB transferred from the file
server to your PC. When you save it that's another 10MB from
your PC to the server. When you print it the same happens again
– another 10MB over the network to your print server and then
10MB onward to the printer. This is highly inefficient. In a
thin client environment only mouse movements, keystrokes and
screen updates are transmitted from/to the end user. Over
efficient protocols such as ICA or NX this can consume as little
as 5 kbit/s bandwidth.
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Lower
noise.
Removal of fans reduces the noise produced by the unit. This can
create a more pleasant working environment.
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