Which memory and CPU is used then using COM Object Online

Question

I am currently working on an application which extracts data from a large excel. I am a bit confused then it comes to CPU and memory usage when using a COM Object online. Is it used by the client, or is it the server?

If it is on server then I will continue building a Web Application, I will use Desktop Application otherwise.

So far I am using Desktop Application to speed up the system development.

Answer 1

Almost all COM objects used via the web at this point are on the server. I suppose it's still possible to use activex controls with IE but there are numerous security issues & only IE supports them, so it will be being used on the server.

You will have to monitor your resources to see how it affects CPU & ram, but unless it's very badly written or very intensive processing you should be fine.