Re: 9ids can be used as application server ??

kishanthakker_at_gmail.com wrote:
> Dear friends,
>
> I have been facing a peculiar problem. I would be highly obliged if
> someone can give a clear picture of the said problem
>
> We have oracle 8.1.7 as back-end on sco unixware.
> and developer 2000 as from-end on windows98se.
> we have aprox. 150 nodes with 35 concurrent users having local printers
> (dot matrix).
>
> almost 2 years back we were offered oracle 9i on linux and 9ids on
> windows 2000, with the impression that NO APPLICATION SERVER will be
> required, and 9ids installed on seperate server can be used as
> application server for the above mentioned user base.
>
> We have the following queries.
>
> 1. Dotmatrix printer installed on local node can be used to print
> reports in CHARACTER mode ?
> 2. 9ids installed on windows 2000 can cater to the 35 concurrent
> users' need ?
> 3. Responce time will remain the same as developer 2000 or it will
> detoriate (assuming 9ids server is having normal configuration as any
> other node).?
>
> I Hope I have conveyed my queries properly.
>
> hope to receive reply soon.
>
> Thanks in Advance.
>
> Kishan Thakker
>

I do not understand your concerns about
an application server.
First you give me the impression you do not want an application server ("with the
impression that NO APPLICATION SERVER will be required"), next you do seem to realize you need one ("installed on separate server can be used as application server").

Assuming you will have a machine with a database, and another, with iDS (so, basically, a database and an application server):

1. does iDS support character based reports? I don't know by heart - time to go through the documentation. You will be running the Web version - 6i is the last client/server version. The browser used would handle the printing, and it would be local. The report runs on the second server.
2. Surely - if provided with enough CPU and memory. It's not a question of what O/S, it's all about CPU and memory, network speeds, etc. Wrong question ;)
3. It will probably be worse. Question is: will it be (un)bearable? Is three seconds not fast enough?

Let me re-answer the question: it depends. on servers, network and client.
How fast can the application sever respond? How fast will the query be sent to the database, and how quickly will the data be available to the appl. server? How fast will it generate the report, and send it to the client?
How fast can the client render the page in the browser? (A different graphics driver, or another browser can make a difference here!)

I would say: if you have the extra hardware, set it up, and test.

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