Client Server Architecture

Client Server Architecture

In the evolution of network architecture, various critical networks related problems are getting resolved by client server architecture model. The client server architecture introduces application sharing mechanism between two different hardware systems over the network (Internet/intranet). In 1990’s Internet was emerging in the computer network field. The main objective of Internet implies that an application is shared by more than one hardware either it could be a server or client machine.

The server is a high performance hardware machine which can run more than one application concurrently. The client is a separate hardware machine which is connected with server in the network (Internet/intranet). It could send the request and receive the response from the server hardware. The Server and client are also called as service provider and service requester respectively.

Client Server Architecture Model

Client server architecture shown above in Figure 4.2 is classified into three types, as follows

• Single Tier Architecture

• Two Tier Architecture

• N/Multi/Three tire architecture

Single Tier Architecture

This architecture is used for the server, accessed by client. The client applicationruns inside the server machine itself. This acts as a single layer interaction as in Figure 4.3.

Two Tier Architecture

This architecture is used for the server, accessed by client as two layer interactions. Such as Client layer in tire one and server layer in tire Two. Refer Figure 4.4

Multi/Three Tier Architecture:

This architecture is used for the server, accessed by client through more than one layer interaction. The programmer could decide the count of business logic layers according to the software requirement that is the reason this model is also known as Multi three Tire Architecture as shown in Figure 4.5.

Most of the server side scripting languages are working on any one the client server architecture model. Webserver is software which is running in server hardware. It takes the responsibilities for compilation and execution of server side scripting languages.