Oracle7 Server Distributed Systems Volume I: Distributed Data

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Benefits of the Client-Server Model

A client-server system is one that uses network resources and shared processing (by both client and server), to provide front-end applications with concurrent, shared data access.

Many clients can share the resources provided by a single server, thus moving the non-critical data and functions to the desktop workstation, leaving the server free for critical processing needs.

Other benefits include:


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