Client/Server--Bolstering Throughput

Multi-Client/Single Server: With multiple clients, a number of operators can access the one server—the software may or may not be groupware, depending if the software has a custom user interface.

Multi-Client/Multi-Server: In this environment, the server can distribute or farm out processing tasks to additional computers in order to prevent a bottleneck with its own limited CPU resources. Multiple clients can access the software running on all servers.