DATA SERVER

Working together, BASIS clients and the PRO/5 Data Server create high-performance, cost-effective client/server systems that are faster and more efficient than common mapped-drive systems.

In a typical network, using mapped or NFS-mounted drives, a Windows client must do all file processing and exchange multiple messages with a remote data source to complete even a simple transaction. In a BASIS client/server system, the PRO/5 Data Server moves the burden of file system processing off the client and onto the remote server. Only two messages, a request from the client and an answer from the server, must be exchanged to complete a read or write to a file. The end result is less network traffic, better overall network performance and faster data access.

In addition to better performance, a BASIS client/server system using PRO/5, Visual PRO/5, and the PRO/5 Data Server can support a variety of client/server features. You can use new modes to maintain a connection between a client and a data server regardless of the BEGINs in your application’s code. When using a PRO/5 Data Server, you can utilize 4-GB and 64-bit files on operating systems that support the large file system standard. And the PRO/5 Data Server manages client licensing and connections on networks that dynamically allocate IP addresses using standards such as the dynamic host control protocol (DHCP).