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Client/Server Computing(the wave of the future) Rajkumar Buyya School of Computer Science Software Engineering Monash University Melbourne, Australia rajkumar@dgs.monash.edu.au Why client server ? Models Architecture Tools Applications Conclusions A simple definition of CS is “ server software accepts requests for data from client software and returns the results to the client” Where Operations are Done In CS Relationship “most of the application processing is done on a computer (client side), which obtains application services (such as database services) from another computer (server side) in a master slave configuration In client-server computing major focus is on SOFTWARE Client-server computing is distributed access, not a distributed computing. Categories of Servers File Server Data Server Compute Server Database Server Communication Server Video Server File Server File Servers manage a work group’s application and data files, so that they may be shared by the group. Very I/O oriented Pull large amount of data off the storage subsystem and pass the data over the network Requires many slots for network connections and a large-capacity, fast hard disk subsystem. Compute Server Performs Application logic processing Compute Servers requires processors with high performance capabilities large amounts of memory relatively low disk subsystems By separating data from the computation processing, the compute server’s processing capabilities can be optimized Cluster as Compute Server Data Server Data-oriented; used only for data storage and management Since a data server can serve more than one compute server, compute-intensive applications can be spread among multiple severs Does not prefer any application logic processing Performs processes such as data validation, required as part of the data management function. Requires fast processor, large amount of memory and substantial Hard disk capacity. Cluster as High Availablity Data Serve