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Some of the benefits of client/server
technology
The advantages or benefits of a clean client/server model are manifold; some
of them are as follows:
• Modular application design – Divides application processing across
multiple machines, with the following conditions:
° ° Non-critical data and functions are processed on the client
° ° Critical functions are processed on the server
• Optimization – Optimizes the server for data processing and storage
(for example, large computers and disk space)
• Reduced network traffic – Due to the three-tier architecture,
data doesn't need to travel back and forth from frontend clients
to databases multiple times
• Scales horizontally – Multiple servers, each having capabilities and
processing power, can be added to distribute processing load
• Scales vertically – Can be moved to more powerful machines,
such as a minicomputer or a mainframe, to take advantage of the
larger system's performance
• Reduces data duplication – Data is stored on the servers instead of
clients, reducing the amount of data replication for the application
Chapter 1
The history of Tuxedo
Tuxedo was developed by Bell Labs in 1983 to achieve multiuser access and
manipulate a database on a mainframe computer simultaneously. In 1989, the
Unix System Laboratories (USL) promoted Tuxedo as a client/server framework
and launched this product. In 1993, Novell acquired USL and Tuxedo became
Novell's product. In 1996, BEA bought the rights for Tuxedo from Novell. Tuxedo
did wonders for many Fortune 500 companies around the world. In 2008, Tuxedo
became an Oracle product along with all the other BEA Systems products, for
example, WebLogic server, and others.
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