sorry for the vagueness. and bajee thanks for the tips.
We hammered on it for a whole night and got it figured out. In regards to the workspaces being local to each machine, then the depot being the master control. With the server playing manager between the two. Took us a bit to figure out a small issue where things were oddly checked out but after a security change, we were able to make things work fine. Sorry for the hassle, and thank you all for the assistance.