Relativity Server

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This is the Data Abstract Relativity Server Overview
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What is Relativity

Relativity is a from-the-ground-up re-implementation of the DAServer that runs across all supported platforms (Windows, Linux and Mac Xcode) and enables developers to deploy Data Abstract servers without actually creating and maintaining their own server application in code.

In our experience, the majority of servers implemented by DataAbstract users contain (or potentially could contain) no custom code, but simply rely on the existing Data Abstract functionality and information defined in the schema(s) to serve data. Relativity allows developers to concentrate on creating their schemas and implementing the client application, without having to maintain a separate server application.

Relativity is a standalone executable server that is provided with Data Abstract. Relativity (previously called DAServer6, or DAS6 for short) can be run as a standalone application or as a Windows Service or Unix Daemon on Linux and Mac OS X, and it basically provides a fully-fledged middle-tier server for as many Domains and Schemas as you like. In other words, in many cases you will no longer need to write a custom middle tier server application (but of course you can still write your own servers, as always, if you need more flexibility than Relativity provides).

Relativity Server currently ships with both Data Abstract for .NET and Data Abstract for Delphi. We are working on a more natively integrated version for Mac OS X that will ship with Data Abstract for Xcode in the Spring 2010 release. Relativity Server is based on the .NET implementation of Data Abstract and thus brings the full feature set of .NET servers, including the use of DA SQL and all supported ADO.NET providers, to developers using any edition of Data Abstract.

When you start Relativity server as standalone application, it looks like this:

You can find more information here:

Relativity Server Licensing Relativity Server Deployment and Setup Requirements Deployment Running as Service on Windows Server Information Page Relativity Server Concepts Concepts Default channel Custom channel Domain Schema Connections Login provider DBCommand Login provider Security Settings

Server Explorer (Xcode (Mac)) Relativity Server Admin Tool (Windows) Overview Registering Relativity connection Server Information Network Settings Creation of new Domain General Domain settings Domain Login Provider settings Domain Connections Domain Schema properties Writing Relativity Clients Overview LoginEx feature Schema dynamic selection Writing a Relativity Client in .NET Writing a Relativity Client in Delphi Writing a Relativity Client in Xcode

Product: RemObjects Data Abstract
Available Editions: Data Abstract for .NET, Xcode, Delphi, Java and JavaScript

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