What Is Distributed Forms Processing?
An ACMS application consists of forms processing and database processing. In a distributed ACMS TP system, one or more nodes, called the back end, handle the database processing and computation, while the forms processing is offloaded onto another node or set of nodes called the front end. The front end is sometimes referred to as the submitter node or nodes, and the back end is sometimes referred to as the application node or nodes. This distribution of tasks over more than one node in a distributed system improves the speed and reliablity of ACMS transactions by allowing the configuration of a distributed system where more powerful machines are dedicated to database processing and smaller machines handle the forms processing. You can configure each node in the distributed system for the processing of specific tasks. Reliability of a system can be enhanced by installing applications on more than one node of a system and using search lists so that, if a node fails, users are switched t
