Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Deployment:
WebClient Applications

Hosting the codebase on an AppServer

Hosting the codebase on an AppServer has the following advantages:

If the codebase can reside on the same AppServer that hosts the business logic, administrative tasks are simplified.
If the AppServer hosting the business logic already has security (such as user IDs and passwords), placing the codebase on that AppServer protects the codebase with the same security at little or no additional cost.

But hosting the codebase on an AppServer has the following disadvantage: It might require configuring an additional AppServer instance if the instance hosting the business logic cannot handle the additional strain of hosting the codebase without unacceptable performance degradation.