Applying Diskless System Technology to Public Computer Software Deployment: A Case Study of PC Classroom Management

• Main Authors: Jun-Nan Lin, 林俊男
• Other Authors: none
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/30027784546459485903

碩士 === 國立中正大學 === 資訊管理所暨醫療資訊管理所 === 98 === A service-oriented public computer usually needs to provide a variety of language versions, multiple operating systems, and multiple application software. In a PC classroom setting, a general approach to providing such a service is to use a restore card or restore software. A software update usually requires huge manpower and a long period of time to re-deploy the computers and validate the update. The classroom needs to be closed during the update, causing reduced available time to the teachers and students. This study explored the feasibility of applying the diskless system to PC classroom management in order to alleviate the above-mentioned burden of the restore technologies. The diskless system, integrated with a dynamic resources management concept, not only improves system security and management effectiveness but also reduces total administrative costs. Improved system security includes automated computer system restore, viruses or malicious software removal, centralized computer systems and user access control management. System management enhanced includes simplified software installation, testing, deployment, and management with a single image file, higher PC classroom availability, quickly software transfer between classrooms at class schedule conflict, and available of the classrooms during software maintenance. Cost reduction includes reduced maintenance time and cost, fewer software packaging and delivery tasks, shorter computer system settings, and fewer servers. A prototype of the proposed new PC classroom management system was built and a comparison among the above-mentioned methods was discussed. A field experiment was also conducted to prove the superiority of our system.