Figure 5-3 . The database is stored in the file system local to the server. The system administrator starts up the server on the central machine. Client applications do not start up Cloudscape, but instead make calls to the server's client software. The server must already be running.
Client applications start up the server's client software by loading the driver.
The only exception is that client applications do not need to shut down Cloudscape. A Cloudscape Synchronization System Cloudscape applications running against Cloudscape in an embedded environment can use the Cloudscape synchronization technology. The synchronization-enabled version of Cloudscape, called Cloudsync, has all of Cloudscape's features plus the synchronization technology. Synchronization allows occasionally connected databases to connect to a central Cloudscape database, known as a source, via the HTTP protocol and to share and synchronize data. When not connected, the remote application and Cloudscape software run exactly like an application running against Cloudscape in an embedded environment.