SWE4004 S3 Database Architectures

1. middleware

2. Alternative Client-Server Topologies

3. The architecture of a data warehouse.

4. The meaning of service-oriented architecture (SOA).

5. File-Server Architecture

6. objectives

6.1. The meaning of the client–server architecture and the advantages of this type of architecture for a DBMS.

6.2. The difference between two-tier, three-tier and n-tier client–server architectures.

6.3. The difference between distributed DBMSs, and distributed processing.

6.4. About cloud computing and cloud databases.

7. architectures

7.1. Traditional Two-Tier Client-Server

7.2. Three-Tier Client-Server