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	<Header>
		<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">To use remote databases</Title>
		<Keyword ContextSensitive="No"><Level1>Database</Level1>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><Paragraph class="Default">The client/server architecture as supported by <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt" role="package">Tools</GUIRef> enables the user to work with several database types. These databases can be distributed over one or multiple systems. In the latter case, we speak of a remote database configuration.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>Possible reasons for a remote database configuration are:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>System performance. To spread load of the application server and database server over several systems.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Lack of disk space on local system.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Distributed databases. For several reasons, both organizational and technical, it can be preferable to have multiple database servers.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Mirrored databases For security reasons database actions can be carried through on two systems simultaneously by using the database mirroring technique.</ListItem>
		</List>
	</GeneralSection>
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