The Importance of IS Management

Prentice Hall, Inc.

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nTier 3: the superserver/mainframe. Allows to include legacy applications, short-lived and fast-changing data, and integrity rules.

nTier 2: specialized servers, dedicated to housing databases or middleware-software to ease connection between client and server. Also, department-specific data that does not change often.

nTier 1: clients, connected through network.

Types of Distributed Systems: Client-Server Systems