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2. REPORT DATE
September 2007
3. REPORT TYPE AND DATES COVERED
Master’s Thesis
4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE Assessing Server Fault
Tolerance and Disaster Recovery Implementation in Thin
Client Architectures
6. AUTHOR(S) Samuel L. Slaydon
5. FUNDING NUMBERS
7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, CA 93943-5000
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11. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES The views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and
do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of Defense or the U.S.
Government.
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13. ABSTRACT (maximum 200 words)
This thesis will focus on assessing server fault tolerance and disaster recovery
procedures for thin-clients being implemented in smart classrooms and computer
laboratories aboard the Naval Postgraduate School campus. The successful discovery of
fault tolerance limits and a disaster recovery plan not only benefits the Naval
Postgraduate School (NPS), but also provides the same for other commands that have
implemented or plan to employ thin clients as part of their Information Technology (IT)
infrastructure.
Since the backbone of thin client/server-based computing (TCSBC) is the reliance
on the server as the hub of processing power and data storage, it is imperative that
some plan to restore the server be effected to save from the loss of valuable data. In
the case of NPS, the absence of the main server not only contributes to data loss, but
deprives students of hours of invaluable classroom instruction. The fault tolerance
issues and disaster recovery solutions addressed in this thesis may not be suitable in
all thin client architectures, but perhaps the knowledge gained through this research
can aid some commands in avoiding a catastrophic server failure.
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63
14. SUBJECT TERMS Thin Client, Thin Client/Server-Based Computing,
Total Cost of Ownership, Windows Based Terminals, Wyse, Wyse Device
Management Software
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