Anna University Question Bank Client Server Computing

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Here is the Anna University Client Server Computing syllabus:

UNIT I

Basic concepts of Client / Server – Upsizing Down sizing – Right sizing – Characteristics – File servers – Database servers – Transactions servers – Groupware servers – Object Client/Servers – Web Servers – Middleware. Client / Server building blocks – Operating System services – Base services – External services – server scalability – Remote procedure calls – Multiservers.

UNIT II

SQL Database servers – server architecture – Multithread architecture – Hybrid architecture – stored Procedures – Triggers – Rules – Client / Server Transaction Processing – Transaction models – Chained and nested transactions – Transaction processing monitors – Transaction Management Standards.

UNIT III

Database Connectivity solutions : ODBC – The need for Database connectivity – Design overview of ODBC – Architecture – components – Applications – Driver Managers – Drivers – Data sources – ODBC 2.5 and ODBC 3.0.

UNIT IV

Visual C++: The Windows Programming Model – GDI – resource based programming – DLL and OLE Applications – Visual C++ components – frame work / MFC class Library – basic event handling – SDI – Appwizard – ClassWizard – Model and Models dialogues – other controls – Examples.

UNIT V

Multiple Document Interface – Data Management with Microsoft ODBC – OLE client – OLE server – Client / Server Data Exchange format – Dynamic Data Exchange.

UNIT – I INTRODUCTION 9
Client Server Computing era, Real Client/Server, Fat Servers or fat clients, 2 tier Vs 3 tier,
Intergalactic client server, client server for different models, building blocks
UNIT – II CLIENT/SERVER OPERATING SYSTEMS 9
Anatomy of Server programs, Server needs from OS, Server scalability, Client anatomy, Client
needs from OS, Client OS trends , MAC OS, Linux OS, Win OS, Server OS trends , NetWare,
Win 2000 Server, OS/2 warp server

UNIT – III CLIENT SERVER MIDDLEWARE 9
NOS Middleware, global directory services, X.500, LDAP, distributed time services, distributed
security services, RPC messaging and peer to peer , Sockets, NetWare, NetBIOS, remote
procedure call, messaging and queuing, MOM Vs RPC, Evolution of the NOS, DCE , The
enterprise NOS, the internet as NOS
UNIT – IV CLIENT SERVER TRANSACTION PROCESSING 9
ACID Properties, Transaction Models, TP Monitor, TP Monitor and OS, TP Monitor and
Transaction Management, TP Monitor Client/ Server Interaction types, Transactional RPC,
Queues, TP Lite or TP Heavy, TP Lite versus TP Heavy – Managing Heterogeneous networks,
Process Management, client/server invocations, Performance

UNIT – V CLIENT SERVER AND INTERNET 9
Client server and internet, Web client server, 3 tier client server web style, CGI , the server side
of web, CGI and State, SQL database servers, Middleware and federated databases, data
warehouses, EIS/DSS to data mining, GroupWare Server , what is GroupWare, components of
GroupWare