Remote Access - Local Processing - AcuServer

For those whose configurations already using AcuServer, AcuServer can be used to gain access to files that reside on a remote computer; however, with AcuServer, these files are transferred to the client and processed locally. Because of the performance impact of network communication, AcuServer should be used with AcuXDBC only when a small amount of data is being accessed.

AcuServer is available for most UNIX/Linux and Windows NT (Intel) machines. It can serve COBOL applications running on UNIX/Linux and Windows TCP/IP-based networks. You must have a TCP/IP networking client installed on the client machine and a licensed copy of AcuServer installed on the server. For more information about AcuServer, see the AcuServer documentation.

Remote file access architecture is depicted as follows:

Notice that in this AcuServer configuration, the Vision database is split up. That is, the system catalog is local on the client, but the Vision data files themselves are on the remote server. The Vision data files can also be a mixture of local and remote.