Xref: utzoo comp.databases:4290 comp.infosystems:34 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!think!ames!sgi!shinobu!odin!hargrove From: hargrove@harlie.sgi.com (Mark Hargrove) Newsgroups: comp.databases,comp.infosystems Subject: Re: Client/Server processes and implementations Message-ID: Date: 29 Nov 89 23:18:40 GMT References: <7114@sybase.sybase.com> <6895@sybase.sybase.com> <2184@kodak.UUCP> <724@xyzzy.UUCP> Sender: news@odin.SGI.COM Distribution: comp Organization: Silicon Graphics Inc, Mountain View, CA Lines: 40 In-reply-to: harrism@aquila.DG.COM's message of 28 Nov 89 15:16:47 GMT In article <724@xyzzy.UUCP> harrism@aquila.DG.COM (Mike Harris) writes: Open your eyes and look at the marketplace! My point is EXACTLY what I said and I will quote again: "I believe that people, all too often, think of a database server as the only type of server." [comments about nested, multi-level client-server architectures deleted] Whoops, I find that we're in violent agreement on this issue, I just didn't follow your point the first time. [re: my complaints about Mike's lack of vision] Touchy, Touchy, Touchy! I heartily agree with distributed processing, threads, RPCS, multi's, pcs, heterogenous environments. I am not a stodgy old fart who wants to buy a bigg'n from IBM! I just take issue with people who aren't open enough or don't (but claim to) know enough about the marketplace to consider applications other then their own! Learn something about the common High Volume TP applications. Learn something about other peoples applications. Think about multi level CLIENT/SERVER applications. Imagine a world where everything was a PC. Somebody would say "You know, there are situations where a bigger machine which could hold more of (or all of) my application would be faster & more cost effective" And he would buy it from the people who could supply them. The proper machine environment depends upon the specific APPLICATION, not some general theories! "Money talks & bullshit walks." Again, we're in violent agreement. In fact, I do know quite a bit about reasonably high volume TP applications, and what kind of iron it takes to support them. I certainly didn't mean to imply that you can (or even want to) do everything with PC's. From a user's perspective, a PC will frequently host client applications, but you are CLEARLY correct about two things: all sorts of iron will be involved, and many participating computers will act as servers for some functions and will be clients to other servers as well. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Mark Hargrove Silicon Graphics, Inc. email: hargrove@harlie.corp.sgi.com 2011 N.Shoreline Drive voice: 415-962-3642 Mt.View, CA 94039 Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com