The benefits of server based computing

1. Management - Administrators can deploy, manage and support applications much more easily
because they are held on a central server farm and are managed from a single point, simplifying
application access and administration.
2. Device independence - Users can access their desktop and indeed any enterprise application
from any type of client device.
3. Remote Access - Users can access their desktop and enterprise applications from anywhere on
the network, from home or on the road.
4. Performance - Server-based computing performs better than a web application or using a client
server model. These types of applications require a lot of data to be sent back and forth between
the server and the client. Because of advanced compression used by protocols such as ICA, NX
and RDP, sending just the screen updates between the server and client is much faster.
5. Security - Server-based computing keeps all the data on the secure servers without it being
‘spread out’ onto the less secure client computers. Furthermore the server is in the server room,
which is far more secure then on the user’s desk.
6. Less prone to viruses and security breaches - Since servers are by definition better managed and
because the server OS is more secure, it’s far less likely a computer will be infected by a virus.
7. Eliminates patch management of clients - As clients are not running Windows, there is no need
to patch the desktop computers on a regular basis.
8. Reduces cost - Total Cost of Ownership [TCO] reduced by as much as 50 per cent.
9. Scalability - New servers and clients can easily be added.
10. Increased Availability – It’s easy to make the terminal servers fault tolerant and to perform load
balancing. In addition, servers are inherently designed to be more reliable than your average
desktop.