A solar concentrator comprises a pair of concentric reflectors having a spindle toroid geometry for focusing the collected solar radiation into a ring-shaped focal area, as opposed to the \u201cpoint\u201d or \u201cline\u201d focus of prior art configurations. The local extender and remote extender units jointly implement a protocol that enables bulk data to be transferred efficiently between the units even when the transmission delay between the units exceeds 1 microsecond. The suction source selectively establishes and maintains a suction airstream from the nozzle main suction opening to the airstream outlet. A second step consists of reconfiguring the system by reallocatingde-allocating all or some of the components. Such an approach allows the data models to be dynamic, which is desirable as a single static data model is not appropriate for all industries.