You can install a DB2 client for Windows 9x or Windows NT on a code server, and have Thin Client workstations access the code across a LAN connection. These Thin Client workstations function like any other DB2 client. In the setup, the main difference is that the DB2 client code is installed on a code server, and not individually on each workstation. Thin Client workstations need only a minimal configuration to set parameters and establish links to a code server.
The benefits of a Thin Client installation are:
The drawback of a Thin Client installation is a potential loss of system performance, since DB2 programs are loaded from a code server instead of the client machine. However, any loss will depend on network load, network speed, and code server speed and load.