What type of architecture is this called?

Question

For the web application (ASP.NET MVC) I\'m currently developing, we have the following architecture in place:

• Data Access Layer: Logic for persisting

Answer 1

There could be different names depending from which angle you are looking at it. So it's still MVC, it's just that your M is split into multiple layers. It could also be called Multitier architecture (or N-tier architecture). Jeffrey Palermo also used the notion of Onion architecture.