
5.3 Distributed Relational DB Architecture
Figure 63. Distributed Relational DB Architecture
Key Points
DRDA is a client/server based architecture where a SQL application as a client
accesses a remote relational database as a server.
DRDA security requires that a user ID is authenticated prior to access to the
database. Authentication may be via userid/password as is available in VTAM,
throught DCE mechanisms, or through other security mechanisms such as
NetSP.
Presentation Script
DRDA is an open architecture that describes a database protocol to exchange
data between different remote database systems. Through DRDA, an application
in one system can query ...