As NVMe-over-TCP and 2.5GbE networking become standard, diskless boot speeds will soon exceed local SATA SSDs. The writing is on the wall—or rather, the writing is on the , because the clients have no disk.
For each client PC (with no HDD), go to BIOS > Boot > Enable UEFI Network Stack or Legacy PXE. Set "Network Boot" as #1. ccu diskless
Decide if students should save files locally. Usually, set "Super Write Cache" to RAM so that temp files are fast, but are discarded on reboot. Potential Drawbacks (And How to Mitigate Them) No solution is perfect. CCU Diskless has specific challenges: As NVMe-over-TCP and 2
In the modern landscape of education and corporate training, the Computer Classroom Unit (CCU) remains the backbone of digital literacy. However, managing a lab of 30 to 50 individual PCs presents a traditional IT nightmare: virus outbreaks, hard drive failures, software configuration drift, and lengthy Windows update cycles. Set "Network Boot" as #1
Boot the client. The server will recognize its MAC address. In the CCBoot console, assign the Windows Golden Image to that specific MAC address (or a group of MACs).
Install CCBoot on your high-spec server. Upload the Golden Image to the server via the CCBoot Console.