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What is the difference between using a Windows Server and a Windows WorkStation for your DBabble server?

April 26, 2017dbabble difference server Windows Workstation

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What is the difference between using a Windows Server and a Windows WorkStation for your DBabble server?

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Windows WorkStations limit the number of incoming simultaneous new connections that any program running on it can simultaneously accept to 5. If more than this are made before the server gets around to processing them (which usually happens within a fraction of a second but may take up to a second if the server is busy) then the other connections will be rejected. Windows Servers have no limit on this. So if more than 5 clients make a request to the server within a second of each other, the connection may fail for some clients. Once a connection has been made, a program can keep as many connections open as it wants even on a WorkStation. As a guide line we suggest using a Windows Server rather than a Windows WorkStation if you expect to have more than about 50 simultaneous DBabble users.