Need a bit of help with my networking course

jumpstylerz

Hey there, have a question that has me completely stumped in my Cert IV networking course. Why do databases that use client–server technology have improved performance of data access across a wide area network. Any help can and will be appreciated.

-Thanks
--JumpstylerZ

PirateNinja

Just think about what types of users (or network clients) exist on a WAN and why it is only going to be efficient to serve them data, and specific rights to that data, through a client/server environment.
Or approach the question the opposite way to get the same answer:
Think of a real world example. Think of your local city police force. Do they have access to some FBI database of criminals somewhere? Probably. But do they have access to every single record in that database, or only what pertains to their job? Would that be possible without a client-server environment? If so, would it be efficient (ie. would "performance of data access" be efficient in this case if there were no client-server system setup)?

Butters

What? Microsoft Access (2007 or earlier) database on every computer is better. You can always copy the data on to a USB drive and use it at a Kinkos. Not only is performance much faster, but way more secure too.

Tushon

What? Microsoft Access (2007 or earlier) database on every computer is better. You can always copy the data on to a USB drive and use it at a Kinkos. Not only is performance much faster, but way more secure too.

jumpstylerz

Just think about what types of users (or network clients) exist on a WAN and why it is only going to be efficient to serve them data, and specific rights to that data, through a client/server environment.

Sorry could you just expand on that a bit? I'm still fairly new to networking in general so I don't understand a lot of the technical mumbo jumbo

Straight_Man

Clients are workstations and end-user PCs. Customers of a LAN/WAN run Clients. Servers are computers that give data to them.

Icrontic has its own server to serve the site. You and many others log in via your client PCs or phones, or tablets, etc. Icrontic is a WANed (web is WAN) client/server mini-network. The admins and community leaders and writers and those with access to backend software on the server see other parts of the pie of data as well as controlling the site and forum software or parts of it. All who log on are end users of icrontic's server. Client machines all over the world log on as programmed.

John.

AlexDeGruven

What? Microsoft Access (2007 or earlier) database on every computer is better. You can always copy the data on to a USB drive and use it at a Kinkos. Not only is performance much faster, but way more secure too.

I'm not sure if this was the intent, but I literally LOL'd when reading this.

Butters

The only thing that is funny is that MS deprecated the ability to link/import Lotus 1-2-3 in Access 2010, a very important feature in my opinion.

Tushon

What? Microsoft Access (2007 or earlier) database on every computer is better. You can always copy the data on to a USB drive and use it at a Kinkos. Not only is performance much faster, but way more secure too.

I'm not sure if this was the intent, but I literally LOL'd when reading this.

Hence my Fry pic.

kryyst

Client/server offloads some of the workload. Client generates the request server processes the data - that's what servers are good at. If you need to be on the server to generate the request as well process the request that throws all the load on the server.

jumpstylerz

Client/server offloads some of the workload. Client generates the request server processes the data - that's what servers are good at. If you need to be on the server to generate the request as well process the request that throws all the load on the server.

Ah! I get it now. Thanks for the help guys. I'll probably call on you icrontians again later on in my course haha.