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This section is intended to help you choose where to install SoftBench and where to set up a SoftBench CM server.

SoftBench CM requires a CM server system to manage its archive files. If you have more than one system in a network, you can choose to have your SoftBench CM server reside on a different system than where SoftBench is installed.

Choosing Your SoftBench Execution Host

A system on which SoftBench is installed and executes is called a SoftBench execution host. It is recommended that you install SoftBench on a standalone workstation with a local display.

Make a list of the systems you have chosen as SoftBench execution hosts. Check "SoftBench Execution Host" and continue with Checklist A.

You may later customize SoftBench to use a network-distributed configuration. This is discussed in Chapter 6 “Setting Up Network-Distributed Operation ”.

Choosing Your SoftBench CM Server

A SoftBench CM server system will contain the SoftBench CM archive files. When choosing a server system, consider the following:

  • Keep the number of SoftBench CM servers to a minimum. Each server requires additional system administration in maintaining the SoftBench CM archives. Generally, all archive files for a project should be stored on the same server system. It is recommended that each project's archive files be stored on no more than three server systems; a single server is preferred.

  • A fast system that is lightly loaded provides better performance than a heavily loaded system. See “Check Your System Prerequisites ” for more information.

  • The server can be located anywhere on the network. However, network performance usually dictates that archive files be stored close to where they are most often accessed.

Make a list of the systems you have chosen to be SoftBench CM servers.

You may later customize SoftBench CM servers to limit network access by clients. This is described in “Controlling Access and Security in SoftBench ”.



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