Re: 3 tier system using other than Java client

In article <379663B0.A76345D0_at_creditwatch-inc.com>,   Brian Howard <bh_at_creditwatch-inc.com> wrote:
> I know that oracle has been pushing the 3-tier, java browser client
> architecture. I need to establish a basic 3-tier architecture as well;
> however, I want to do it using no Java, but windows-based thin
clients.
> I want to have the database on one server, two application servers and
> then a bunch of thin clients. Is there anything which would prevent me
> from placing the client portion on the app server and using a product
> like Cytrix Meta Frame to push the picture out to the thin clients.
This
> would give the thin clients total access to the database and also to
any
> applications like MS Office Pro, etc. This way I could also avoid
> programming in JAVA which I am totally uncomfortable with. Should this
> work or is there something in Oracle which would prevent it?
>
>

Greetings, Brian,

  My company is running PeopleSoft 6.10.20 (which technically does not support 3-tier architecture) using Citrix WinFrame 1.7; we had to because of sheer bandwidth issues.

  The PeopleSoft application runs on three (3) Compaq Proliant 6500's running NT 3.51 with WinFrame 1.7, as well as one (1) NT 3.51 fileserver. The Oracle database, 7.3.4.4, runs on an IBM RS/6000 S70, AIX 5.3.2. Our architecture is configured to support 300 clients, but typically we have about 60-80 on at any given time. The NT and UNIX machines are on the same 100Mbps backbone.

  For our PeopleSoft 7.5 implementation, we plan to stay with Citrix in a logical 4-tier configuration (PeopleSoft tends to really, really push the BEA Tuxedo Server in lieu of thin-clients, but I've heard mixed results about that). The database will be on a UNIX server (HP/Sun/IBM) with the application on NT 4.0 Terminal Server/Citrix MetaFrame.

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