Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Application Server:
Administration

NameServers

The NameServer is an optional, but powerful, part of any AppServer configuration and management. Its features support the following AppServer capabilities:

Location transparency for client connections.
Load balancing for multiple simultaneous client connections (optional).
Server-level fault tolerance for client requests (optional).

For an overview of these features, see OpenEdge Getting Started: Application and Integration Services . For detailed information on configuring and managing NameServers to support all of these features, see OpenEdge Getting Started: Installation and Configuration . This chapter describes when and where to use NameServer instances as part of AppServer configuration and management.