Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Data Management:
DataServer for ODBC

The remote DataServer configuration

Figure 1–5 shows the remote DataServer configuration.

Figure 1–5: The remote DataServer for ODBC

In the remote configuration, the OpenEdge client and schema holder run on a client machine and the OpenEdge server components and any ODBC data-source client software run on a remote server machine. Depending on the ODBC and data-source client software implementation, the actual target database may be local or remote to the machine where the OpenEdge DataServer for ODBC executes. If the data-source client software supplies modules that manage networked database communications, a remote database configuration is possible. The DataServer cares only about the data-source definition on its machine. Remote database access is transparent to the DataServer.

In remote DataServer configurations, OpenEdge handles the communication between the client and the server. The client and server processes that make up the DataServer adapt to a variety of network configurations.

Figure 1–5 shows a remote DataServer configuration. Table 1–2 lists the supported configurations. It contains possible client-server combinations and networking options.

Table 1–2: Supported configurations 

Client	Networking	Server
OpenEdge on all Windows platforms1	None	The server, client, ODBC client, and data source are on the same machine.
OpenEdge on Windows, and UNIX	OpenEdge	The client (Windows or UNIX) is on the client machine; the server, ODBC driver, and data source are on a Windows server machine.
See Release Notes and the Installation and Configuration Guide for specific details on supported platforms.