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- The Lab Server is operated by the lab's owner and deals with the actual operation of the lab hardware.
- The Lab Client runs on the end user's computer, and provides the interface to the operation of the lab.
- The Service Broker mediates exchanges between the Lab Client and the Lab Server and provides storage and administrative services that are generic and can be shared by multiple labs within a single university.
Based on the experiences of the different iLabs development teams The iLabs Project is developing a suite of software tools that makes it efficient to bring online and manage complex laboratory experiments. The iLabs Shared Architecture has the following design goals:
- Minimize development and management effort for users and providers of remote labs
- Provide a common set of services and development tools
- Scale to large numbers of users worldwide
- Allow multiple universities with diverse network infrastructures to share access