: Another alternative often used in Asian gaming markets.

For internet cafes and esports arenas, using a diskless system like NxD provides several advantages: Cost Savings

For per-host root assignment, use host declarations with fixed-address and option root-path "192.168.1.10:/srv/diskless/rootfs/host1".

DEFAULT linux LABEL linux KERNEL vmlinuz APPEND initrd=initramfs.img root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=192.168.1.10:/srv/diskless/rootfs/common rw ip=dhcp

means the client computer (node) has no hard drive, SSD, or any persistent local storage. When you press the power button, the node reaches out across the network to an NXD server, downloads the operating system kernel, and runs entirely in RAM.