Smaller computers often use less flexible but more automatic bootload mechanisms to ensure that the computer starts quickly and with a predetermined software configuration.
Git branches are used to explore new software configurations on a testing machine before applying them to the cluster.
The software was designed so that one could easily alter the software configuration so as to make lip-synching in other languages possible.
The term may refer to a hardware configuration or a software configuration.
This is usually only possible when the nodes utilize a homogeneous software configuration.
Different hardware and software configurations are making this process more complicated.
The software configuration must therefore include an additional level of operation over the current systems.
It allows the users of the service to select and use their own naming schema without assuming any specific hardware or logical software configuration.
It also ensures that the software configuration and version are identical for every computer evaluated.
The company also has a professional services group that provides business consulting, software configuration and installation, customization, and application design.