Applications can connect to the solidDB server by using network drivers or by linking to the server directly. A solidDB server can support multiple network protocols and connection types simultaneously.

In network-based access methods, the applications and the solidDB server are separate programs, typically communicating by using the solidDB ODBC Driver or solidDB JDBC Driver. For information about driver connect strings see the following topics:

Direct linking is provided by using Shared Memory Access (SMA) or Linked Library Access (LLA). SMA and LLA are implemented as library files that contain a complete copy of the solidDB server in a library form.

Both the database server and the client applications can connect concurrently to multiple sites by using multiple different network protocols. However, some operating systems might limit the number of concurrent users that can connect to a single solidDB server process.