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Since the Lab Server runs the BLL, are the resources required on client PCs reduced?

All of the testing was done using the API and an older Solaris SunFire 100.

For any single command, the LS would finish faster. That means that if the single command takes a long time to complete (perhaps an apply),
then the LS would be faster. However, the LS also has more overhead in communication, so if you are issuing a lot of commands that don’t
require a lot of processing, then the LS is going to be slower. If you have a slower network link…it’s going to be a LOT slower.

       Solaris              Solaris   LabServer                    Windows                 Windows   LabServer
  Action        Time         Action           Time           Action        Time           Action           Time
  Config         28          Config            33            Config         9             Config            16
  Apply           9          Apply              6            Apply          8             Apply              6

  Traffic Start  47          Traffic Start     19            Traffic Start 23             Traffic Start     19
  Total          84          Total             58            Total         40             Total             41

Here are some of the numbers that we have received. These are times (in seconds) to accomplish the same tasks using Solaris local, Solaris with LS,
Windows local and Windows with LS.
The “Apply” stage is actually connect, reserve, map and apply.
The Traffic start, for some reason, takes forever.