[Accessd] FE/BE on server vs FE on workstation/BE on server?

4-14-03

For sometime I have been putting frontends(forms, queries, reports etc) on
workstation machines and backends(tables) on server.  Links would then be
made from each workstation to the server.

Recently, a user mentioned that they were using the same database
frontend/backend on the server.  Each user would activate the frontend on
the server and then the backend on the server would of course be linked to
the frontend.  They said this shared backend/frontend situation worked fine
and that there was no need to put the frontend on each workstation.

Anyone know the ramifications for this frontend/backend on server idea?
Does this impact the network performance?  Does this reduce the maximum
number of concurrent users?  Would Access have to be installed on the server
to make this viable?

Thanks in advance,

Bill