On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:27:48 -0500, Rick Marshall <> wrote:
> Year ago when client/server was all the rage (still is?) I tested lots
> of ways to implement data intensive applications.
>
> The environments tested were:
>
> GUI client to database server
> GUI/Terminal clients using NFS shared file systems
> Terminal clients to database server
> Terminal clients with database access built into the programs (sim to
> ISAM calls)
>
> The last option won hands down for performance and we have stuck to it.
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