In typical client-server systems the server machine is much more pow- erful than the clients; that is, its processor is faster, it may have multiple processors, and it has more memory and disk capacity. Consider in- stead a scenario where client and server machines have exactly the same power. Would it make sense to build a client-server system in such a scenario? Why? Which scenario would be better suited to a data-server architecture?

In typical client-server systems the server machine is much more pow- erful than the clients; that is, its processor is faster, it may have multiple processors, and it has more memory and disk capacity. Consider in- stead a scenario where client and server machines have exactly the same power. Would it make sense to build a client-server system in such a scenario? Why? Which scenario would be better suited to a data-server architecture?

Database System Concepts

7th Edition

ISBN:9780078022159

Author:Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan

Publisher:Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan

Chapter1: Introduction

Section: Chapter Questions

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