| Distributed Server Empress v8.62 May 2006 (Unix only)
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  05/06

  Part #: 001-06-D1-110

  This manual discusses the Empress Distributed Server. It describes the philosophy, the conventions, the usage, and the administration of the Empress Distributed Server. It also tries to give a little insight into why software such as the Empress Distributed Server is necessary.

  ## Table of Contents

  ### CHAPTER 1: Introduction

  | 1.1 | Introduction

  |  | 1.1.1 | What is information processing?
  |  | 1.1.2 | How is information processing performed?
  |  | 1.1.3 | What is the Empress Distributed Server?

  | 1.2 | General Concepts

  |  | 1.2.1 | Client
  |  | 1.2.2 | Distributed Server
  |  | 1.2.3 | Global Data Dictionary
  |  | 1.2.4 | Server Configuration File
  |  | 1.2.5 | Data Format Code
  |  | 1.2.6 | Heterogeneous Distributed Server
  |  | 1.2.7 | Homogeneous Distributed Server

  | 1.3 | Networking
  | 1.4 | Client/Server Communication
  | 1.5 | Distributed Databases

  |  | 1.5.1 | Standalone
  |  | 1.5.2 | Client/Server
  |  | 1.5.3 | Multiple Servers
  |  | 1.5.4 | Fully Distributed

  | 1.6 | Two-Phase Commit
  | 1.7 | Empress Distributed Server

  ### CHAPTER 2: Global Data Dictionary

  | 2.1 | Introduction
  | 2.2 | Set Up

  |  | 2.2.1 | Client/Server Configuration
  |  | 2.2.2 | Multi-Server Configuration
  |  | 2.2.3 | Fully Distributed Configuration

  ### CHAPTER 3: Server Configuration File

  | 3.1 | Introduction
  | 3.2 | Set Up

  |  | 3.2.1 | Examples

  |  |  | 3.2.1.1 | Client/Server Configuration
  |  |  | 3.2.1.2 | Multi-Server Configuration
  |  |  | 3.2.1.3 | Fully Distributed Configuration

  ### CHAPTER 4: Distributed Server Security

  | 4.1 | Security on the Server

  ### CHAPTER 5: Distributed Server Set Up

  | 5.1 | Empress Distributed Server Set Up

  |  | 5.1.1 | Setting Up the Global Data Dictionary
  |  | 5.1.2 | Setting Up the Server Configuration File
  |  | 5.1.3 | Starting the Server

  ### CHAPTER 6: Administration

  | 6.1 | Distributed Server Administration

  |  | 6.1.1 | Example of Distributed Server Status Report

  ### CHAPTER 7: Hints and Suggestions

  ### CHAPTER 8: Implications

  ### CHAPTER 9: Shared Memory

  | 9.1 | Shared Memory and the Distributed Server

  ### CHAPTER 10: Manual Pages