Hi

[Former Member]

Integration Builder is said to be Fat Clinet....why so?

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Please have a read:

http://www.ntst.com/solutions/public%20health/FatVsThin.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_client

Hopefully these would be useful in understanding what thin and fat clients are and also question of Integration Builder being fat client would be self answerable.

Thanks,

Bhavish

[Former Member]

Hi Thakur,

Fat client is basically a client (computer) in a client server architecture which provides rich functionalities without depending much on Server.

In XI case, the Integration Builder is the Fat Client because, it does provide rich functionalities depending less on XI Server as such.

You must be well aware that initially when you click for Integration builder it takes times, that is because it is taking time to load all the .jar files necassary to run this FAT client.

One case say the web browser can be a thin client.

Regards

Ramesh P

[Former Member]

Hi

A fat client in client-server architecture networks typically provides rich functionality independently of the central server.

Fat Client provides both Local storage and Local processing as compared to Hybrid Client which provides only Local processing and thin client which does not provide any of these.

Thanks

[Former Member]

Hi,

<b>FAT CLIENT</b>

In a client/server architecture, a client that performs the bulk of the <i>data processing operations</i>. The data itself is stored on the server

Regards,

Akshay.

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