Database services for personal computers linked by a local area network
Andreas Diener, Richard P. Brägger, Andreas Dudler, Carl August Zehnder · 1983
Recently, more and more personal computers are getting linked by means of a local area network. This calls for network-wide services, among others for a network database service. However, the question of an appropriate architecture for such a database system is quite open. This paper establishes a set of criteria for this evaluation and presents three possible architectures. Among them, the concept of a federative database server is introduced and is shown to be an excellent solution in many cases. Hardware dependencies are Identified and hints for optimal decisions in different hardware environments are given. Finally, the concept chosen by the authors for implementation is presented.