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Advanced CSE Configurations

To store information in physically separate locations, the CSE supports multiple encyclopedias within the same network configuration. You can install and configure CSE Servers for three network configuration classes:

• Single Message Dispatcher and single encyclopedia is the basic configuration for CSE, with the CSE Server software, the Coordination database, and the Encyclopedia database on the same system.
• Single Message Dispatcher and multiple encyclopedias is the configuration with one Message Dispatcher, one Coordination database, and multiple Encyclopedia databases, typically with exactly one Encyclopedia in each of several systems.
• Multiple Message Dispatcher and multiple encyclopedia configuration includes one Coordination database, several Messages Dispatchers, and several Encyclopedias, usually with one Message Dispatcher and one Encyclopedia on each system.

Always install the Coordination Server and the Encyclopedia Server on the system on which its database is installed. Using the database's remote data access facility negatively impacts performance.

Each system on which an Encyclopedia Server or Construction Server executes requires the appropriate CSE product licenses for that system.

The general strategy for creating multiple encyclopedia configurations is to install and configure the basic configuration on each system, and pick one system as the primary system in the network and run the network configuration program, mdcfg, on that system.