On Nov 09 11:01, 1997, LEE ARONER of 1:102/927 wrote:
CA>> On a two node network that I have setup, NT4 server has the Office 97
 >> on it. Then I installed the NT WS 4.0 on another and linked the two
 >> together using 2 NE2000 clones. I was going to install the Office 97 on 
the
 >> WKS too, but just decided to try to run the one on the server to see if 
t
 >> works from the WKS. I browsed with explorer and clicked on the executable
 >> on the server. It fired up on my station.
 >> I typed a document, saved it and even emailed it to an account on the 
 >> internet.
 >> That surprised me too because when I clicked send from inside WORD, 
 >> netscape
 >> dialemy ISP and I clicked send and out the file went.
 >> So I began to wonder what the differece is between a file server and an
 >> application server. I thought only applcation server would let me use a 
 >> program
 >> on the server.
LA>    You were using the NT server as a file server. The "applications" 
LA>    you ran were actually running in the memory address space on the 
LA>    workstation...in fact, what you did is the *definition* of a file 
LA>    server.
LA>    An application server actually runs the code on the server and 
LA>    sends only minimal data or screen updates back to the 
LA>    workstation.
Thanks Lee
Can I tell the NT to run the program on the server's memory instead of mine?
Thus the "definition of application server"
Because then I wont need a fast computer as a 3rd station for my wife
who does only WP. A simple 386 with 2 meg ram or so but a good monitor.
Chuma
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