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Define Host and Remote Servers

In a multiple system environment, you must designate host and remote file servers. Each CA-L-Serv configuration has only one host file server; all other file servers are remote servers.

You should run the host server on the system where the most file I/O requests will be issued. Because the host server performs all I/O operations against a set of managed files, all managed files must be accessible from the system running the host file server.

Remote servers do not perform I/O operations on files. Their I/O requests are forwarded to the host server, as shown in the following graphic:

This diagram shows remote I/O requests being processed by a host.