1.   A larger server was put in place Tuesday afternoon.

2.   But both have also moved into so-called client-server systems, in which computing is split between larger server machines and small clients.

3.   Network computers, or NCs, are stripped-down, low-cost computers that rely on larger server computers to store much of their software and data.

4.   On Tuesday afternoon, Road Runner had hooked up a larger backup server to its e-mail system.

5.   Paradoxically, e-mail pileup may be less of an issue on a home computer than on what may seem like a vastly larger server at work.

6.   The devices are also usually much easier to install and administer than the larger servers Sun has traditionally offered.

7.   Two larger servers, running Intel processors, will go on sale in May.