NexusDB

NexusDB is extremely flexible in its deployment options. There are many databases that support embedded deployment or Client/Server deployment; NexusDB supports both deployment options.  NexusDB also supports a hybrid mixed deployment option whereby an embedded database engine can be exposed to remote clients.

In an embedded mode, both Client and Server layers are contained within a single process. The remoting layer is not present in an embedded deployment.  NexusDB in embedded mode works equally well in web applications such as ISAPI extensions or Apache DSO's.

As a Client/Server deployment NexusDB runs as a separate Server process that networked clients can connect to through the remoting layer. This separate Server process can either be a regular executable or a windows service.  The included nxServer.exe can be registered as a windows service.

A Hybrid deployment is a combination of an embedded and client/server deployment. Just as an embedded deployment the Client and Server layers are contained within one process.  In a hybrid deployment, this same process exposes a remoting layer transport and includes the server command handler.  This remoting layer and command handler enables separate clients to utilize the server engine in exactly the same way as a Client/Server deployment.

As illustrated above, there are many different ways to deploy and utilize NexusDB's layered architecture.  Each combination above represent typical deployment combinations that are used to achieve certain application objectives. <diagram should focus on the three deployment options: embedded, c/s and hybrid.  Should be typical usages of them.  >