First Enterprise Development Project

back in my VB days - 2 1/2 years ago - I designed an architecture like this
using MTS as the middle-tier. Using MTS will likely change your secuirity
model
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HTH,
David Satz
Principal Web Engineer
Hyperion Solutions
{ SQL Server 2000 SP2/6.5 SP5a } { Cold Fusion 5 SP1 } { VSS }
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"Mark Sanchez" <msanchez@specservices.com> wrote in message
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> We are proposing to design and build a distributed 3-tier architecture
> application for a client. We're fairly VB & SQL savvy but just wanted to
>
> briefly detail our requirements and "plan of attack" to see if anyone can
>
> offer any general tips, suggestions and/or things to lookout for, being
> that this is our first foray into the world of true enterprise
> development. This could sure help soothe our management's concerns
> before starting the project. Thanks in advance.
>
> 100 users (15 w/ read-write access, 85 read-only), 25-50 Max. concurrent
> Design IDE: VB 6 w/ SP5, Professional Edition
> GUI: VB "thin-client", w/ 3rd party grid control
> Business logic: VB DCOM component (ActiveX EXE) located on database
server
> Database: SQL Server 2000
> Data access: ADO 2.5, (possibly via SQL stored procedures)
> Email functionality: Exchange Server
> Security: Code-based program access controlled through user-defined
login
> table entries.
> Database Server: Windows 2000 Server (Dedicated)
> Local Clients: Pentium III, 512MB, 20GB HD, w/ NT 4.0
> Network: Ethernet LAN, 10Mbit
>

my answer w/b if it is not biggest enough for MTS, it is not big enough for
3 tier.

"Mark Sanchez" <msanchez@specservices.com> wrote in message
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> First of all, thanks for your input!
> To answer your question, I was thinking that based on the size of our
> proposed project, MTS was somewhat overkill. Am I naiive in this idea?
> So then, why would you use MTS or COM+ over DCOM (assuming this was your
>
> project)?
>
>
> "Guy Smith" <no@email.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Business logic: VB DCOM component (ActiveX EXE) located on database
server
> >
> >Why are you chosing DCOM over MTS or COM+?
> >
> >Guy
>