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A further difference with IBM i Slave is that the repository is shared so other developer's changes are immediately impacting the work environment - either positively as the updates are needed or negatively because they are defective. There is more control with an IBM i Slave, and even more with an Independent Windows Workstation to a VCS Master.

Local Client

Pros

  • Typically faster than a Network Client as the local PC resources are used for everything except the database.
  • Compiling and building is usually faster.
  • Compiled objects are not shared so they may be compiled at any time.

Cons

  • Each Developer needs to install and update their Visual LANSA software, as well as the Windows Server.

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  • A negligible footprint on the client. Not much more than a few shortcuts are added to the client.
  • Only the server needs to be updated with new LANSA releases.
  • The powerful server resources are used to compile and build.
  • Option to use the compiler on the client.
  • Repository The repository is always up to date with other developerdevelopers' s changes.
  • Execution The execution environment is always up to date with other Developer changes.

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Client Systems are sharing the database. This reduces the effectiveness of the redundancy afforded by having the Master System. If a PC database is lost, then the changes of ALL developers using that database up to the last check-in will be lost. So using a Client model increases the need for a good PC database backup strategy to be implemented.