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Hi Mike, My name is Shay Carter, I am the local AWIPS contact here at Unidata. Although, I have only been here since September so I am far from an expert on the subject. The best option, and lowest maintenance choice, for running AWIPS in a university lab would be to have machines with CAVE installed on them (this is the client side visualization application), and then point to our (Unidata's) cloud instance of EDEX. Our version of EDEX hosts all data (instead of being site/regionally specific), and is maintained by us. This way you don't need to install/run/ maintain your own version of EDEX. Also, as far as machines go: as Tom mentioned already, Linux is the best choice of operating system for CAVE to run on. It does run on Mac and Windows, but there are at least some known issues for both of those. Additionally, for the graphics card: 4GB Nvidia card is the most recommended choice. Other graphics cards are known to have display issues with CAVE, and running with less memory can create lag in the display. I hope this helps provide a little bit more information. Please feel free to respond to this message with any questions or comments. Thanks. --Shay Carter Software Engineer II UCAR - Unidata Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: RHI-479315 Department: Support AWIPS Priority: Normal Status: Open =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.