Top Document: Client/Server Frequently Asked Questions Previous Document: 2.3 What is a Server process? Next Document: 2.5 What is a Three-Tier Architecture? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge A two-tier architecture is where a client talks directly to a server, with no intervening server. It is typically used in small environments (less than 50 users). A common error in client/server development is to prototype an application in a small, two-tier environment, and then scale up by simply adding more users to the server. This approach will usually result in an ineffective system, as the server becomes overwhelmed. To properly scale to hundreds or thousands of users, it is usually necessary to move to a three-tier architecture. User Contributions:Top Document: Client/Server Frequently Asked Questions Previous Document: 2.3 What is a Server process? Next Document: 2.5 What is a Three-Tier Architecture? Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: lloyd@abs.net (Client/Server FAQ Maintainer)
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