Mini Case Chapter 2

Name : Nanang Putra

Class : Networking Concept and Application

Professor : Daniel Kellett

Assignment : Mini Case, Chapter 2

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I. Deals-R-Us Brokers (Part 1)

Fred Jones, a distant relative of yours and president of Deals-R-Us Brokers (DRUB), has come to you for advice. DRUB is a small brokerage house that enables its clients to buy and sell stocks over the Internet, as well as place traditional orders by phone or fax. DRUB has just decided to offer a set of stock analysis tools that will help its clients more easily pick winning stocks, or so Fred tells you. Fred’s information systems department has presented him with two alternatives for developing the new tools. The first alternative will have a special tool developed in C++ that clients will download onto their computers to run. The tool will communicate with the DRUB server to select data to analyze. The second alternative will have the C++ program running on the server, the client will use his or her browser to interact with the server.

a. Classify the two alternatives in terms of what type of application architecture they use.

The first option: the clients will download special tool for their computer is classify under the Client Based Architecture

while the second option; the program running on the sever while the client use their browser is classify under the Client - Server Architecture

b. Outline the pros and cons of the two alternatives and make a recommendation to Fred about which is better.

First Option:

Cons:

High load of network traffic (a lot of data traveling from client to the server)

More expensive cost of infrastructure

Limited for application growth (capacity)

Second option

Pros

Cheaper Infrastructure cost

Application that the client use can be upgraded

Much Lesser network traffic

Cons

High Cost of...