Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Getting Started:
Installation and Configuration

Installing OpenEdge on your TCP/IP network

When installing OpenEdge on your network, keep these two basic considerations in mind:

Where to place your database.
Where to place your OpenEdge executables and r-code files.

Locating your database

Place your database on the hard disk of the machine that runs the OpenEdge server. If you place the database on a remote file server, synchronous writes are lost along with your database’s integrity, in the event of a system crash.

Synchronous writes ensure database integrity by flushing system buffers directly to disk. This is especially important for maintaining the before-image (BI) file. Therefore, if you must keep your database separate from the database server machine, use the Before-image Filename startup parameter to keep the before-image file local to the database server.

Note: Remote OpenEdge clients do not have to be concerned about synchronous writes because they do not write to the database.