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About Thin Client TechnologyAdvantages Of Thin Client NetworksLower IT admin costs. Thin clients are managed almost entirely at the server, the hardware has less points of failure, and the local environment is highly restricted (and often stateless), thereby providing protection from malware loading and executing. Easier to secure. Thin clients can be designed so that no application data ever resides on the client (it is entirely rendered) so that malware protection is centralized. 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.
Note: A thick or fat client does as much processing as possible and passes only data required for communications and archival storage to the server. Advantages Of Thick Client Networks Less network bandwidth. Thick clients typically require less network bandwidth. Less server requirements. A thick client server does not require as high of performance as a thin client server (since the thick clients themselves do much of the application processing). Better multimedia performance. Thick clients have advantages in multimedia-rich applications that would be bandwidth intensive if fully served. For example, thick clients are well suited for video gaming.
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