Re: Multi Tiered ODBC

On 17 Nov 1996 17:36:59 GMT, "Bill House" <mail28511@dazsi.com> wrote: >What benefit do you believe there is to pure physical 3-tier, as opposed to >logical 3-tier (if indeed you believe there is one)? physical 3-tier (where you place the logical tiers on their own boxes) gives you scalability. That is, you can increase the number of people using your system because you have more boxes to handle throughput (note that scaling an app is a different beast than speeding it up - it's a subtle but important difference). Steve.Croft@EnterpriseOne.com